Jesus's Wife manuscript

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Originally Posted by Disciple4life

There is a manuscript that claims "Jesus said... my wife..."
it is just a small piece of paper not a whole document and it looks like parts are missing.

I do not believe Jesus had a wife. But what if he did? Would you have a crisis of faith?

http://news.msn.com/world/jesuss-wif...ocid=ansnews11

First, I'm skeptical about the authenticity of 99% of these texts.

However...

I believe that Jesus may have very well used this language referring to an individual. However, I'd take it as being a figure of speech. For example, Jesus may very well have called Mary of Magdala His "wife" seeing that she (and his mother) cared for Him and perhaps tended to His temporal needs. He may have called Mary of Magdala His "wife" indicating that she was His bride (in symbolic fashion).

And... if Jesus did have a "wife"... I'd not have a crisis of faith. It wouldn't have been a sin to have a wife. Nor to sire children. He'd still be sinless. However, I believe that the traditional position is that it wouldn't agree with His mission... which was to die to provide atonement. What man would marry a woman, and perhaps raise a family, knowing He came into this world to die???