Just before Jesus speaks, the disciples pose a question about the worthiness of a woman named Mariam, or Mary. “My wife…,” Jesus replies, “…she is able to be my disciple…/…Let wicked people swell up…/…As for me, I dwell with her in order to…” It was a portrait of Jesus—married, living with his wife Mary Magdalene, cursing her detractors—unlike any known to history.
