Mary Magdalene is the author of The Gospel of JOHN?
Unlike the other gospels that make up the New Testament, (MATTHEW, LUKE, MARK) JOHN is by far the most mysterious -- and, of course, the author identifies himself/herself as "the disciple whom Jesus loved", which is generally referred to Magdalene. Also, JOHN gives us a very descriptive account of Mary Magdalene after during the Resurrection, while the others focus on the male apostles and state such as, "The two Marys went to the tomb" as appose to,
"Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.
They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?”
“They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they have put him.” "
Jesus later comes to her, saying, "He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?”
Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.” Jesus said to her, “Mary.”
She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!”
("Rabboni" is a more inanimate form of "Teacher") See?
"The diciple whom Jesus loved" opens up questions. Most scholars believe that the four New Testament gospels were written long after Jesus had died, around 300 CE. But, if the gospel was written by a disciple of Jesus, does that mean the others were, too? Initially, I assumed this theory was wrong, but it is very interesting, but right now I will rest on that no.
The wedding at Cana was actually the secret union between Mary and Jesus?
I learned about this some time ago now, and I am only now bringing it up! So, in JOHN, Jesus and all of his apostles (also including his mother!) are "invited" to a wedding, and at the wedding everyone gets so drunk before the ceremony that they have no wine left. Jesus' mother told Jesus, "They have no wine," and Jesus replied, "O Woman, ("woman" was the equal for "lady" in English) what have I to do with you? My hour has not yet come." His mother then said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you" So He tells them to fill the containers with water, and then long story short He makes water into wine. Well, in the first century, it was the groom's responsibility to bring the wine, drinks and food for the wedding -- a defense is that obviously the "groom" didn't bring enough wine, and that Jesus was doing it as a favor -- but if that is so, why would His mom ask Him to fix it? She wouldn't know of His "ability" (yet), so why would she even think to ask Him? Unless, of course, it was His responsibility in the first place! The only holes to the theory is:
- It is usually agreed that Jesus and Mary met after Jesus had all of His apostles with Him (at this point He does not), and since this is placed in the beginning of the New Testament, we assume that if this is true that they would of had a relationship before the New Testament even starts - plot hole for that (below) :
- From about 12 to 30, Jesus' life is pretty much a mystery. No one has recorded any of it. So, that means, anything could of filled the gap, so we just don't know -- but I know a pretty convincing theory is that Jesus and His mother traveled to India, and learned from the elders there -- when He was in His upper 20's returning for His ministry. If this is true, then He wouldn't of met Mary until at least late 30. (Unless she was Indian herself... I have never heard anyone suggest that though).
Pretty captivating, if I do say so myself.
Anyway, I should of taken both theories and made them into TWO DIFFERENT posts, but as I like to joke (all of those cool kids) "lol naw!" I will kick myself later when I have nothing to post about. (That's what you get for ALLOWING YOUR FORMAL SELF TO POST AT 80:30 AT NIGHT)
Thanks for reading!!!
~~Clarabelle
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