Was Jesus Married to Mary Magdalene? Revisiting a Stubborn Conspiracy Theory (Prot/Evang Caucus*)

Canon Fodder ^ | 10/16/2016 | Michael J Krueger

[rjsimmon]

That argument is even weaker than saying Mary had other children just because Jesus had brethren, there are no facts, just assumptions.

Mary did have other children. The Gospels and epistles state this as fact.

[ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton]

Yeah, and don’t forget Lincoln was gay </S>...

[I want the USA back]

A little early for Christmas, eh? Every year the attacks usually begin a little later than mid October.

[robroys woman]

There are many controversies these days regarding Jesus and the bible. Many are based on what scripture says (e.g. the CI vs ECT) debate). But this one is truly a grasping at straws. It’s based almost exclusively on what is NOT said, and often ignoring what IS said, such as the Church being His bride.

All of the reasons to believe he may have been married are based on speculation regarding what the bible doesn’t explicitly said. It’s the same information on which I base my theory that he drove a Ford and not a Chevy.

[Tailback]

And why is it important if he was/ was not?

This exactly. I heard a Jewish guy speculate on this hilariously. Christ was a Jew which means his mother was a Jew. What Jewish mother is NOT trying to get her son married?

Regardless of whether or not he was married, he still is who he is and did what he did. I don't know why people get so butthurt over trivial things.

[sasportas]

For those who don’t read, or know, their Bibles, enter Dan Brown, an antichrist Gnostic, to prepare them to accept the false Gnostic Christ, and his mark.

Dan Brown wouldn’t have gotten nowhere 40-50 years ago in America, but now the mostly unbelieving public is ripe for his tripe.

[100American]

Question: According to scriptures who was with his mother Mary visiting his tomb?

We will move to the next step after this round, and to offest questions I am ordained but claim no religion and I am a dedicated Servant of the Most High God through the salvation and Redemption of Yashua (Jesus Christ) his only begotten Son

[Flag_This]

"A 33 year old man in those days was 3/4 of the way through his life."

"The days of our years are threescore years and ten..." Psalm 90:10

[rjsimmon]

Question: According to scriptures who was with his mother Mary visiting his tomb?

His mother was not there. The two Mary's were Mary Magdalene and Mary, the sister of Lazarus.

[Buckeye McFrog]

My belief is that knowing his ultimate fate, Jesus would have found it cruel to force a wife to watch him die on the Cross. It was bad enough that his mother had to watch.

[chuckles]

If you claim to be a believer, then Jesus was the Son of God, come to earth to die for our sins, and be resurrected to rule and reign forever. There are many witnesses that wrote about this "Man", before and after His time on earth. None of them mentioned He was married or even had a girlfriend. Isaiah says nothing about this and none of the 12 mentioned anything about it. When Satan,( Yes, this is straight out of the pit of hell)starts an unsubstantiated rumor with no proof, and people believe such tripe, what does that say about the believers of such tripe? If I tell you the Sun is cheese because it's orange, I have more evidence of my theory than these people do. Davinci Code is a movie. I believe the theory comes from Islam,...what does that tell you?

Entertaining this bilge is just showing the marginal knowledge many "believers" have of their own religion. Would God leave His throne and come to earth because He was looking for carnal sex? The whole scenario misses the whole point of God coming here to die for the church. If God can make a woman from a rib, why not make a harem of babes from Joe's smoke shack dumpster filled with bones rather than come here to be abused and murdered?

If Jesus is God, then bow before Him and repent. If Jesus was a man, he's dead and what difference does it make now?

If we wanted to have an argument about Jesus, why not argue He couldn't raise Lazarus from the dead, or better yet, He didn't come out of the tomb. Maybe Him healing the blind was some sort spiritual allegory about understanding the Kingdom of Heaven.

This piece of satanic bilge comes up every now and then and it still remains the same bilge it started as. These same people don't believe Jesus was born of a virgin or walked on water. Go find a religion you are more compatible with.

[angryoldfatman]

Matthew 28:1, 5-8 (KJV)
In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.

And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.

He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.

And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.

And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word.

Mark 16:1-10
And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.

And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.

And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?

And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great.

And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.

And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.

But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you.

And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for they trembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to any man; for they were afraid.

Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.

And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.

Luke 24:10
It was Mary Magdalene and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles.

There, that should be good enough, and I didn’t even quote John.

[freepertoo]

People who entertain such notions have no notion of The Bride of Christ. I’m sure Mary was a Christian, so she is one of billions who make up the Bride of Christ. I’m another one of those billions and am eagerly anticipating the marriage supper of the Lamb.

[caww]

.....”People who entertain such notions have no notion of The Bride of Christ.”......

Nor of the scriptures either.

[dfwgator]

Sam Kinison pretty much answered the question as to why Jesus couldn’t have been married.

[rjsimmon]

Quite correct, I thought “the other Mary” was Laz’s sis.

[reasonisfaith]

There are many who want to claim Christ was married because they think this is a way to mock Christians. I’m not saying that this strategy is rational, only that it is a common motive.

I’ll go further and state this is a dishonest and shameful motive.

Ultimately, reasonable minds necessarily agree that what’s false should be discarded and what’s true should be kept.

[David]

Neither the "DeVinci Code" nor any of Browns other writings have anything to do with the factual issue. The books are fiction and do not present anything material in the way of factual material relevant to resolution.

None of the arguments advanced here are conclusive; there is no argument to the contrary that is conclusive either.

So what? Do you not believe Jesus is Lord because He was married? Or believe that He is Lord because He was not married?

The question is not an issue which is directly resolved by either the scripture or by other evidence--we do not know.

Frankly, the idea that He was a 36 year old Jewish man cuts a lot of ice on this issue--it would have been very unusual if He had not been married. He was a man in all respects says the gospel; He would have been an unusual Jew of his time if He had not had a wife. And perhaps children also.

But He was an unusual man in other respect so maybe He was unusual in this regard also.

The question is irrelevant. We don't know the answer. If God thought the answer was important to our belief, He would have told us.

[Wiser now]

Matt. 28:1 “After the Sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to view the tomb.” Who is the “other Mary” here? I think his mother would have been identified as such, but she isn’t. This scripture is curious in that it doesn’t not specify which Mary, when most other references to either of them do make the distinction.
I’m not claiming to be a scholar. My opinion is based on my observation of a woman’s behavior as a woman myself.
It has been my experience that those who try to tie Jesus to Mary Magdalene are those who still believe she was a prostitute and are using that error as a means of robbing Christ of His holiness.

[Wiser now]

So did I.