Harvard divinity professor Karen King unveiled a 4th-Century Coptic script at a conference in Rome that contains the words "Jesus said to them (speaking to his disciple) my wife.” and declares that Mary Magdalene was worthy of being a disciple. The fragment, the size of a business card, is believed to be a copy of a 2nd century Greek gospel. The origins of the piece are unknown but its age has been scientifically validated. It is held by a private collector. The particular Coptic word for ‘wife,’ according to experts, can also refer to a female domestic servant. While certainly not proof that Jesus was married, the document adds to the debate. Common sense, however, argues that any unmarried Jewish male in his 30’s in the first century would be unusual even unnatural.
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