More importantly, there's no mention that Jesus was married. Did the people who walked with Jesus not think it important to mention His wife? Secondly, there is no mention in the early Church Fathers of Jesus being married. Thirdly, Jesus commends celibacy "for the kingdom." Since He claimed to be the Son of God, He would certainly take His own advice. Fourthly, Brown cites the gnostic gospels, which are hare-brained, to say the least. (In the so-called Gospel of Thomas, believers are told that women can be saved if they become men.) Fifth, the gnostic gospels were written centuries after the true Gospels. The writers were not witnesses of Jesus' life.
For centuries people have speculated about this, both ways...
For decades people have speculated about (insert idiotic idea here; i.e., alien abductions), both ways...
if this is a prerequisite, then that leaves Paul out - the one whom Peter and the original, handpicked and trained by Jesus, had such problems with because he (Paul) taught more his own words than Jesus's....
and I am curious - ? Chap-verse ? for your assertion that "Jesus commends celibacy "for the kingdom.""