What do you Mary Magdalene's role was in his ministry and in standing by him thru his passionate sorrow?

Question

There is so much speculation. And while I have not let my self be tainted by any and all the da Vinci stuff, I feel he had a special bond with as no other. Is this something that will be more revealed as time goes on. I hope you will share your honest feelings. God bless you all

Answer 1

Most of Mary's role was eliminated by the early church, and she was falsely labeled as a whore. Her chapter in the Gnostic Scrolls is very interesting, and all of the arguments she got into with the other disciplines. Her role as one of his closest companions does seem to be deliberately eliminated.

Answer 2

He did seem to have a special bond with Mary Magdalene as was revealed in the lost Gnostic gospels that were found at Nag Hammadi..

Excerpt from Wikipedia... [edit] Mary Magdalene
The Gospel of Philip has been cited for the idea that Jesus married Mary Magdalene[2] Much of the Gospel of Philip is dedicated to a discussion of marriage as a sacred mystery, and two passages directly refer to Mary Magdalene and her close relationship with Jesus:

There were three who always walked with the Lord: Mary, his mother, and her sister, and Magdalene, the one who was called his companion. His sister and his mother and his companion were each a Mary.

That passage is also interesting for its mention of Jesus's sister (Jesus's sisters are also mentioned in the New Testament at Mark 6:3), although the text is confusing on that point: she appears to be described first as the Virgin Mary's sister, then as the sister of Jesus, although this may be a translation problem. The other passage referring to Mary Magdalene is incomplete due to damage to the original manuscript. Several words are missing. The best guesses as to what they were are shown below in brackets. Most notably there is a hole in the manuscript after the phrase "and used to kiss her often on her...." But the passage appears to describe Jesus kissing Magdalene and using a parable to explain to the disciples why he loved her more than he loved them:

And the companion of [the savior was] Mary Magdalene. [Christ loved] her more than [all] the disciples, [and used to] kiss her [often] on her [mouth? face? cheek? head?]. The rest of [the disciples were offended by it and expressed disapproval]. They said to him "Why do you love her more than all of us?" The Savior answered and said to them, "Why do I not love you like her? When a blind man and one who sees are both together in darkness, they are no different from one another. When the light comes, then he who sees will see the light, and he who is blind will remain in darkness."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_philip

Answer 3

I believe that Mary was his friend. I think that she played a part in showing his deference towards women. I don't believe at all that she was anything like a wife or girlfriend or lover or anything like that. Being his lover but not wife would be a sin and he didn't sin. And I think that if Mary and Jesus were married it would be in the Bible as an example of a Godly marriage. That's just too big to not be mentioned.

Answer 4

^^
That sounds like something from Dan Brown, stevers1 =\

The Gnostic gospels aren't that trustworthy...they were all written hundreds of years after Jesus life/death, whereas the four Gospels in the Bible were written within the lifetimes of eye-witnesses of the actual events. (Scholars agree that the earliest copies we have of the Gospels are copies of the original manuscripts)

Answer 5

Her role shows us that she and other women played a very importing part in Jesus' ministry from the very beginning..