2) The woman beside Jesus is not an effeminate ‘John’. It is Mary the Magdalene. To sit at the right hand of Jesus was a place of great honor. Three being a number of great importance to the story of the Christ. Three is the number of Jesus’ most trusted and best of his friends (Judas, Mary and Peter).
3) Some scholars believe Jude (Judas), brother of Jesus and Judas Isocrate are one in the same… Juhas’ betrayal was in an effort to help Jesus. Not hurt him. He had hoped to push Jesus into fighting against Roman oppression, but instead Jesus did the exact opposite and went willingly as a lamb to his slaughter.[X] [X]
4) Mary the Magdalene and Jesus. The prevalent belief that Mary was a prostitute has no scholarly merit. It simply wasn’t so.
Jesus and Mary had a very deep and profound relationship that began when Jesus freed her oppressed mind. He became her everything as she left a life of wealth, giving much of it to His ministry (funding not only His, but her and her fellow Apostle’s travels). She literally worshipped at His feet, anointing them with extremely expensive ointment (spikenard) and rubbing it in with her hair.
He showed Himself to her first when He rose from the dead on the 3rd day.
In the Gnostic Gospel of Philip, Jesus kissed Mary in front of his disciples in a display of her importance that rivaled theirs.
"The companion of the Savior is Mary Magdalene. But Christ loved her more than all the disciples and used to kiss her often on her mouth. The rest of the disciples were offended by it and said to Him, ‘Why do you love her more than all of us?’ The Savior answered, ‘Why do I not love you as much as I love her?’ “
In the Gospel of Thomas you learn that they were more than just disciple and teacher or even closest of friends. Instead, they were companions/lovers. It was to her that the authority of the Church was passed.
