Ten bucks says the end result will be about Jesus referring to the church as his “Bride” - but some doofus is trying to gin up publicity by creating a “controversy”.
1) Had Jesus married, it would not have been a sin. So, a claim that he was married would not detract from his sinless nature. (Not that I believe he was married—I don’t.)
2) The Bible repeatedly talks about the church (the body of believers) as being the bride of Christ. Remember, we’re reading someone’s translation of this scrap into English. Bride and wife mean the same thing. Had the translator chosen bride instead of wife “Jesus said: my bride” it wouldn’t be controversial to most Christian’s ears at all, as most would interpret it as a reference to the church.
3) There are thousands of “early christian” manuscripts floating around that are obvious fake/uninspired even to non-experts. There’s no reason to think this scrap didn’t come from a similar fake/uninspired manuscript unless it can be proven otherwise (in other words, finding a copy of the manuscript in its entirety so it can be analyzed).
Ten bucks says the end result will be about Jesus referring to the church as his “Bride” - but some doofus is trying to gin up publicity by creating a “controversy”.
Ten bucks also says that IF jesus was married his wife was well past puberty.