but not his wife. what the gospel of phillip clearly says is that there is some kind of a favored relationship between mary magdalene and jesus. that jesus does care for her more than the other disciples. and that s all it really tells us. but some scholars believe the nag hammadi texts do reflect a genuine tension between mary and peter. i think the tension that s reflected in some of the texts outside of the bible, i think they do really reflect a tension between peter and mary. the negative depiction of peter is consistent and the idea that mary is not properly heard or respected is also consistent across the sources, which leads many of us to suspect that there might be a grain of historical truth there.
mystery of mary s disappearance after the resurrection? having a brand new text to tell us about mary magdalene and the relationship between mary and jesus is really, really, exciting for us. the gospel picks up her story after jesus has risen from the dead. peter, i have seen the lord. tell us the words of the savior, what you remember. what you know but we do not. nor have we heard them. what is hidden from you, i will proclaim to you. the key point is that mary is the instructor. she s the teacher and the revealer to the other disciples, and she s somebody who speaks with authority. so much so that it troubles the male disciples. do not weep nor grieve nor be irresolute, for his grace will protect you and will entirely be with you for he has the gospel of mary suggests
jesus s other followers. the gospel of thomas, like other sources, suggests that mary s role among the disciples was deeply resented by some of them, particularly peter. the way peter is described is irate and hot headed and bad tempered, somebody that s a difficult person. the lost gospel of thomas points to a surprising explanation for this tension between peter and mary. dr. nicola denzey lewis has come to the coptic museum in cairo to see these nonbiblical gospels. so there s this one particular saying that comes at the very end of the gospel that gives us some really intriguing information about the relationship between mary magdalene and jesus and the other disciples and that s the last folio which is in folio 51. so can we see that? there it is.
that mary s relationship with jesus is resented by peter. once mary s finished instructing, a full scale argument breaks out between mary and peter. did he prefer her to us? what do you think? that i made this up in my heart, that i am lying about the savior? this is clearly a fight between the disciples for supremacy, for who is going to be the chief disciple and who properly carries on jesus teachings and missions. peter might have felt that it was his rightful role to be the leader and it might very well have had to go more so with the fact that he was a man more so than any other factor. the conclusion of this gospel is that mary is the primary disciple, more than peter, and that she should be teaching the message. she should be preaching like the men. and at the end of the gospel of
beautiful. taught torah. another lost gospel, that of phillip, suggests a different reason for peter and the other disciples apparent dislike of mary. so all those tantalizing theories about jesus and mary magdalene being lovers really jumped from this one passage, right? this is the juiciest stuff that we ve got.