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Interesting High Definition Image of DaVinci's Last Supper
At the risk that some people may hurl insults at me, I am sharing this interesting news story. By using 1,677 digital pictures that give high resolution images of DaVinci's Last Supper, there is no sign of facial hair on the Apostle John/Mary Magadalene. The images are clear enough that it looks as it would if you were standing only a few inches away from the painting. And it is helping to provide an image of the painting before it deteriorates any further in the polluted air of Milan. The resolution is so amazing that you can even see peacocks painted on the table cloth. I never knew they were there. Did you?
Anyway...I don't have a problem with the possibility that Mary Magdalene and Jesus were married. It would make more sense for him to be married than not, given that day and age. And did not God send Jesus to experience life as a human? Being married would certainly be part of that. And it would make Jesus' sacrifice even more amazing. I can also see the disciples wiping out all records of Jesus' family to protect them because the people of the time had a mentality that if you were offended by someone or found them to be bad, you wiped out the whole family.
The possibility of Mary Magdalene doesn't change my faith that Jesus is my savior, it just means there is more to the story that I don't know. It would just go in the category of things to be explained when I sit at Jesus' feet. I have so many questions. Thank goodness, I will have an eternity to get the answers.
Hat tip: National Geographic
That is awesome.
I feel exactly the same way that you do about it. I don't think it's blasphemous to say that Jesus was married to Mary M! I think it's kinda cool. I figure we'll find out some day when He tells us Himself!
Sherry
November 6, 2007 12:41 AMI think the claims and controversy actually center around:
Christ was supposedly married to Mary Magdalene AFTER the crucifixion
He ran off with her to Spain/Ireland/Europe, his disciples claimed he ascended into heaven but he didn't really; and that he had children who are his heirs and carry his bloodline.
Of course, Dan Brown started out as a sci-fi writer, so what can you expect.
November 6, 2007 3:05 PMI never actually understood why people insist on proving their views with a painting painted ages after Jesus was around. If I drew a picture of Jesus with 5 females included in the painting would people start questioning whether Jesus practiced polygamy?
November 1, 2009 10:41 PM
