re: #195 DaddyG

I know. Alternative readings see it as an expression for passing gnostic or “secret” knowledge. 2000 years later and we’re not going to agree on what all the papyrus means. I still think he loved in ways very familiar to us today.

“During their long burial in the desert, some of the books were attacked by ants. In this Gospel, the ants made a hole in a very crucial place.
The text says:

And the companion of the […] Mary Magdalene. […] loved her more than all the disciples, and used to kiss her often on her […]. The rest of the disciples […]. 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.”

The ‘lacuna’, or gap, which hides where Jesus kissed Mary has tantalised scholars for decades.”