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Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman cover image

Was Mary Magdalene Jesus' Wife?

Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman

CHAPTER

The Argument That Jesus Was Not Married

There's nothing really to suggest that Jesus was married. There's actually a pretty good argument that Jesus was not married. The Apostle Paul started out as an apocalyptic Jew, and he tells us that he's single and celibate. And so it would not be unusual at all for Jewish men, especially an apocalyptic, only thinking Jewish man to be single.

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