It contained the full text of Mark,Ĭhapter 10. Had found a fragment of a manuscript whichĪt the Mar Saba monastery near Jerusalem. The late Morton Smith, of Columbia University reported in 1958 that he But this particular disciple is identified as " the"ĭisciple who Jesus loved. Whom he loved." Again, Jesus probably loved all of his 12 or 70 disciples inĪ non-sexual manner. Seeing his mother and an unidentified man: " the disciple standing by, " 5ĭuring the crucifixion, in John 19:26-28, Jesus is described as His relationship with Mary and with her sister Martha. Once it is used toĭefine Jesus' relationship with Lazarus. Used with reference to Jesus' relationship with John. In love with' with the implication of sexual intimacy. "In the Book of John a word is used eight times that means 'is He argues that Jesus may have been bisexual. " Jagannath" interprets the Gospels differently. Used " eros" and the word was subsequently changed is open to speculation. The Gospel references to " the disciple whom Jesus loved" use the Greek (the language in which the Gospels were written): Jenny Stokes, research director for Saltshakers, a conservativeĬhristian group in Australia, said that there are five words for love in Such behavior was common between two heterosexuals in an Judea at that time for heterosexual man to lay his head onĪnother's undergarment. Some commentators have suggested that it was a common practice in Relationship between an older man and a younger man. What's being portrayed here is a pederastic Louis, LA, noted that Jesus and the beloved disciple:Įat together, side by side. Robert Goss, assistant professor of comparative religion at Webster Himself on Jesus' inner tunic - his undergarment. HeĮxecution, the author(s) of the Gospel of John describes how the Thus to identify Jesus' love for John in a special way might One might argue that Jesus loved all of his followers in a Himself in the third person as 'the disciple whom Jesus loved'." 1
"In the Gospel of John, the disciple John frequently refers to Indications that Jesus may not have had a heterosexual orientation: This topic is a continuation of the previous essay. Was Yeshua of Nazareth straight, bisexual or gay? Yeshua of Nazareth/Jesus Christ Part 2 of 3: