Was Jesus married? That is the question that many people have after reading The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown. Mary Magdalene is commonly believed to have traveled the Jesus and the disciples. She is a small character in the bible important only as the first witness to the resurrection of Jesus. In the eyes of the public, they feel that Mary Magdalene was more then just a witness, that she was his wife. There are passages in the bible supporting Mary Magdalene was not Jesus' wife and it conflicts with what Mr. Brown says in The Da Vinci Code.
In the book, Leonardo Da Vinci's painting of The Last Supper depicts that the person to right of Jesus is a women, Mary Magdalene but is usually claimed to be John the Baptist. In Patricia Limericks essay, "Haunted America," she claims that history is not always correct. Many readers believe Mary Magdalene could very well be Jesus' wife; the witnesses and writers of the bible could have left that piece of information out. On the other hand,......
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