Jesus's BFFs - The Naked Archaeologist 222 - The Beloved Disciple

Featuring amateur archaeologist, enthusiast and multi-award winning investigative filmmaker, Simcha Jacobovici, The Naked Archaeologist is an irreverent, entertaining and eye-opening journey into the fascinating archaeology of the ancient world. Along the way, new discoveries are made, lost treasures revealed, and ancient mysteries uncovered.
Who was the Beloved Disciple? Mentioned five times in the gospel of John, but never named, scholars have speculated about the identity of the "disciple whom Jesus loved" for centuries. Could it be John himself, or Peter, or even Mary Magdalene? Or is it a code for a disciple whose identity had to remain secret? It's a two thousand year old mystery, and the Naked Archaeologist is on the case.

[@hughdanielson]

I don't know why, but my reading of the gospel of John has always given me the impression that the writer of the gospel was very young during Jesus life here on earth.

[@JDMacko23]

Not to young because they were written well after their deaths, by someone else because the originals were probably illiterate

[@jamesmonahan9408]

I'm reading John as well. Te account of the passion. John 19 25 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus, his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalen. 26 When Jesus therefore had seen his mother and the disciple standing whom he loved, he saith to his mother: Woman, behold thy son. Now how could Jesus say "Woman behold your son" if John was not there? Jesus has to talking about a male figure hence the word "son".

[@farmland-life]

John was indeed between 15 and 20 during the minister of Jesus

[@DrPhilGoode]

@@farmland-lifethe book of John was not around during the life of Jesus.

[@barbaraolson600]

Thank you Simcha,makes me think that Jesus had a son no one wanted to disclose to the Romans.

[@ceazar3982]

Have you seen 'Davinci Codes " the movie, He has a daughter name Anna🙂

[@sheeladsouza7785]

It's my belief that Jesus never married cause he had come to fulfill a purpose and making a family wasn't it.

[@salah777]

you bleive that but a lot of christians consider Mary his WIFE that's what make christianity a desaster

[@canadiankewldude]

Real research, see: "The Early Creeds: Historical Facts About Jesus from 30 to 55 AD | Gary Habermas"

[@salah777]

@@canadiankewldude the christian pagan god send bears to kill children 2 Kings 2:23-24 23 And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head. 24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.

[@salah777]

@@canadiankewldude the hate in the Bible: Luke 14:26 If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.

[@canadiankewldude]

@@salah777 Yes, I know.

[@romanchomenko2912]

Hi Simcha James was Jesus half brother who became martyred in 63 AD this was mentioned by Josephus the Historian and Philo there's more to the eye can reach .

[@salah777]

James was killed because of Paul the founder of Christianity... so christianity is corruption James teaching was exactly like judaism untill Paul the roman spy corrupt it

[@billlincoln6087]

HIS SON WOULD NOT HAVE STOPPED AT THE TOMB ENTRANCE.

[@keving690]

Thanks for listening the the Christians Simcha. Jesus had no son for many many reasons. The kingdom of God started when Jesus died and was resurrected.

[@Jorge-cf6xk]

For me it is far far better to think and to imagine that Jesus had brothers, one was called James who was the true successor, and that Jesus and Mary Magdalen had a child named Judah,...........than not. Sacha.......I've watched this three times...........be well.....thank you.

[@joshender9606]

I feel like an idiot for not knowing about Simcha's Naked Archeologist series, but I'm so glad I know now & have all these episodes to watch!

[@bigiron7547]

Be careful, if you are a follower of Christ , this series is highly critical of Jesus and the New Testament as a whole do not take what they say as fact!!!!

[@2degucitas]

@@bigiron7547 I haven't heard any criticism of Jesus. Simcha's approach isn't like how conservative christianity thinks and teaches, and believers get upset.

[@joyelias6975]

Jesus does not call the beloved disciple 'son', He just says, "behold, your mother."

[@stephentucker2714]

and it dosent say he wont die before his coming.

[@mayasleiman1]

Adding to that Marc did not mention that a kid but a young man

[@1yogachris]

So much BAD THEOLOGY and POOR BIBLE STUDY is amazingly bad.

[@joyelias6975]

@@bman182 How could a young boy take Mary, Jesus' mum, into his own house. There is, implied in verse 27, a suggestion that Jesus and the disciple whom he loved lived separately. He could not be Jesus' son if he lived separately from Jesus.

[@joyelias6975]

@@bman182 You are missing my point. If the disciple was Jesus' son, then they would have been in the same house.

[@nefwaenre]

It was Mary Magdalene. Remember the Ebionites was removed from History and her character slander and so what you read in the Bible today, was not what it was back then. But all is speculation, of course.

[@theguyver4934]

No it was john and the Ebonites were never removed from history but they were just never spoken of or simply forgotten p.s I'm a Muslim

[@user-ri1ti6go7s]

I think strongly the disciple was Mary magdalen and that in a male dominated society things got altered about her when writing

[@abdulmaleeksado4977]

I have recently started following your videos which I find interesting but this particular one is very easy to puncture holes into. One huge vacuum you left was dealing with the explanation of the description of the beloved disciple in John 21: in the last verses especially verse 25 where the writer says 'this same disciple is the one testifying ( in the continuous tense) and has recorded these writings '. The general consensus is the gospel of John was written in the turn of the century between 90 and 100AD by which time James was dead. Who was the only disciple of christ alive at that time, there you have your answer- JOHN/ YOHAN/ YUNUS. James died in 44 AD. So, while I understand the temptation to create a conspiracy theory, we must not lead people in the path of untruth as the whole goal of archeology is to get as much truth as we can from ancient evidence.

[@rockydsouza5304]

Well said...more so ever i find there is always a deliberate attempt by Mr jacobavic to distort facts and bring in some twist in his narration to creat an suspicion in believers ..idea is to increase his TRP rating...in one episode he claims John the baptist was greater then Jesus...i suggest him some schooling in his gospel studies

[@katiewho44]

We have to remember hes an Orthodox Jew/Zionism. So he has his own agenda hes trying to push! Thats why he always finds facts about the Hebrew Bible but anything that pertains to the new testament he is ALWAYS finding something to prove its not True. So instead of being "naked archaeology" it should really be called Jewish archaeology. Which is totally fine he's just never up frunt about it.

[@DD-yq1tj]

actually he is more correct then you guys are, you were told to test the word of god... is that not what he is doing?..and also i want to point out there is a scripture were Simon Peter says Jesus let Mary leave us for she is a woman an not worthy of life..an Jesus says that he himself will lead Mary in order to make her a man..so she might become a living spirit resembling you men... so there for Mary could be the beloved disciple of Jesus.. I think you both need to test the word more as he dose .. the path to the lord is narrow..look closer...an you will find...feel with your heart an not your mind...you silly humans you have eyes to see an ears to hear but you don't use them everything is freq find the right freq...an open your eyes!

[@rockydsouza5304]

@@DD-yq1tj dear he is not testing but twisting the word of God....don't b mislead

[@DD-yq1tj]

​@@rockydsouza5304 I am not leading you and I am not your *Dear* so don't patronize me...if you cant hear my words clearly step aside i don't have time for ignorance is bliss anymore... read everything i wrote and fact check it... *I AM* only doing what spirit tells me to do.. and i was told to spread the word and what I know too you humans... time is running out none of you have long...so those with ears to hear and eyes too see are the ones *I AM* speaking too if that's not you don't comment an step aside so i can sing too my true people...I obviously have never known you ....or you would know me and my soul....I have struggled in this flesh to help you see and hear...if do not force those to listen or tell you that you must.... I only ask you listen with your heart and not your head...we are all more powerful then we were led to think and i will help those that are hungry in there heart for the song of songs...and those that want to know thy self cause to know thy self is to know spirit.. to Deny one self is to deny the flow of spirit that is in us all...do you hold all the answers?? do I?? no both of us dont..but together we do...all of us hold a part. that's the only message *I AM* spreading is LOVE an inner power from the original sorce ..so please dont be passive-Aggressive...its not the true spirit ..dont be narrow in the heart...see all points of spirit... it works in mysterious ways... and i ask you not to lead yourself astray ...it was even said don't let your own eye an ear deceive you....may love, light, peace, joy...and *WISDOM* be with you for she is more precious then any gold or jewle's... i think its time you read with open eye's an you will see the real mystery's of the work of spirit..

[@andrewaitken6923]

8 Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed. For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.

[@xXJonnyJamboXx]

lazarus was the beloved Disciple. It is written in the Gospel of John, that Jesus loved Lazarus. Also his sister Maria was a witness from the scenes from Golgotha..so it makes absoluty sense that Lazarus was going with her. Maria the mother of Jesus was very old at that time, so she overnighted perhaps in Bethany where Lazarus lived. Because i can't imagine that she going her way from Nazareth to Jerusalem...too much distance for sn old woman. I am prety sure that she lived with Lazarus and his famiy. When they received the message that Jesus get crucified, Lazarus took both Marias (his sister and Jesus mother) to go and be an eyewitness from golgotha. On the cross Jesus made it official, that Lazarus is now the son from maria.

[@abrahamalexander4369]

He refers to lazarus in the book so its not lazarus.

[@lynndunning1545]

It is Lazarus! That's why they thought he wouldn't die, because he had already died once. It is said that Lazarus's formal name is John Eleazar.

[@Nana-vi4rd]

I find these shows very interesting, very informative. Thank you for uploading them. I hope there will be a lot more. The first one I ever saw was the show about Moses that the scholars had the freeing of the Jews in the wrong time period. Instead of Ramses it was Thutmose. I was flabbergasted and it made sense to me. So again thank you and I hope there will be more like these.

[@edc120912]

@faultroy true, ive watched a few epsidoes and its more interesteing than it is accurate, there was problably 1 episode with a tad bit of truth but alot of it is specualtion followed by unanswered questions.

[@ziziscorsese9475]

Lennice Ayala Did you ever watch the ‘ Sergio and Rhoda in Israel ‘ videos? They are interesting !!

[@kauffner]

The beloved disciple is mentioned only in John. John's gospel includes much material that isn't in the other three. According to John 21:24, the gospel writer used the beloved disciple as his source. In other words, the beloved disciple is a construction whose primary purpose is to explain how John could know things about Jesus that no one else did.

[@salah777]

John isn't the beloved deciple rewatch the video and stop lying

[@canadiankewldude]

Real research, see: "The Early Creeds: Historical Facts About Jesus from 30 to 55 AD | Gary Habermas"

[@jamesmonahan9408]

And Jesus says "Woman behold your son". Has to be a male figure. John was at the foot of the cross.

[@gtablurt5791]

Saint John was the Beloved Disciple. He asked Jesus who is he referring to, the one who would betray him and he whispered it to him and that was not heard by the other disciples. So it was Saint John.

[@benlassu1880]

He may have presented something new to many here but these traditions from 2000 years ago are still alive and well and not because they read or studied at a seminary or theological college but rather through traditions. It may be new to your ears yet to people in Mallorca and the Gaditanos of Spain it is common belief. They keep these Ebionite traditions. It is therefore obviously not something new.

[@youngknowledgeseeker]

What traditions are you referring to my good sir

[@ViolinStimme]

Often brilliant, this one has an unsatisfactory ending - not yet solved!

[@gregruland1934]

The beloved disciple fled the garden at gethsemane when the centurions appraoched. Four times, not three.

[@stephentucker2714]

Never called him son and didnt say he would live until his coming either.

[@anameforeveryone2]

Appears 5 times actually. The last time he appears is in the end of John when Peter asks about him and Jesus says if it is my will that he remains until I come, what is that to you?

[@f1s2hg3]

Mary is beloved disciple of Jesus Christ of Nazareth!

[@JonBlondell]

You guys should correct your mistakes. Adding something in the description would be nice, especially for such a glaring error.

[@timcross2510]

Simcha is an orthodox Jew. He believes Jesus was a criminal. That is his religious tenet or dogma. The things he covers should always be taken in in the light of his convictions

[@1yogachris]

It couldnt have been Thomas as it also says that after Peter and the beloved Apostle entered the tomb and saw the folded grave wrappings 'they believed' . Thomas didnt believe until Jesus showed him the wound in his side when they were all gathered again in the upper room after the resurrection. There was nothing to stop Thomas from having heard about the wound from somebody, so this just isnt conclusive proof that he was the Apostle at the Crucifixion.

[@rodneylunofishinrodofgod]

Peter also went into the tomb, actually before the beloved deciple. Why did he not need purification?

[@thomaswilliamjohnson3022]

because he was not there he was alive lol

[@lindabishop1402]

Wow, recently 2024, taking Dr James Tabor ( i love that man and his work) and I asked the same question in a comment. I wonder, also, if it was his own son as I interpret Jesus talking to his own son and his mom ( the sons grandmother or mother-Jesus wife) at the foot of the cross. ❤ Dr James does have a good theory tho, by eliminating the disciples named and not named.

[@melchorsacabon2667]

Shimcha, please read the book of John chapter 21 verses 20 to 24, especially the verse 24, it may solve your questions,whose the Beloved Disciple..

[@salah777]

the bible is corrupted it was made by the spy Paul who hated James the brother of Jesus and caused his death

[@joyelias6975]

The beloved disciple appears 4 times in the Gospel of John. The last time is at the lake in John 21

[@lynndunning1545]

It is Lazarus! That's why they thought he wouldn't die, because he had already died once. It is said that Lazarus's formal name is John Eleazar.

[@70AD-user45]

That's what I think. Lazarus was a priest and notice how the Gospel of John is different to the synoptics because John's Gospel is a book of theology. In the Gospel of John, the beloved disciple was allowed into the temple during Christ's trial with the Sanhedrin. Only priests were allowed in the temple.

[@lynndunning1545]

@@70AD-user45 right on, let's continue these points...

[@lynndunning1545]

In the gospel of Mark, during the arrest of Jesus, Lazarus was the young man running away naked. Naked because his linen cloth fell off of him. Lazarus had never left Jesus's side after Jesus had called him out of the tomb. When they bury you, you are naked, except the linen cloth wrapped about you and a face cloth.

[@ebeegeebeefofeebee3181]

Very interesting.

[@jakodiere8207]

But wait a minute, didn't Peter enter the tomb too!!! How come he didn't quarantine for 8 days

[@shuay.d.5454]

The Talmud makes clear, and the Gospels elude to the fact that the purity laws had an emense resurgence during the time of Jesus. The amount of mikvot that were literally everywhere in Israel at the time Jesus also support this. Not to mention the Essenes were very much on the scene and influencing the trend to a degree.

[@patiencep7732]

Thank you

[@pattywitham8253]

WOW THAT WAS CRAZY . I LOVE IT THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!!!🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@jdeljones]

I thought I remember something about Aramaic having one word for brother/cousin/contemporary male relative or kinsmen. So those individuals identified as Jesus' brothers may have been cousins or close male friends?

[@kouroshkei6864]

you are doing great keep going and please work on islam too god bless you you are opening our eyes on truth

[@childoffather2497]

😍🥰Thank you for all your work. I have watched you for years. A child would make the most sense. At age 13 a male child was allowed to make their own decisions and can definitely believe that many children loved Jesus. Jesus was like a father to him, but it does not make sense for Jesus to never mention His own wife and children if He had them anywhere in the gospel, so I do not believe He personally fathered children. It is also easy to see Jesus holding the beloved, being a young man, to His bosom, just like a father would. Maybe the beloved disciple was an orphan?

[@CCoburn3]

Scholars now think John actually wrote the Gospel that bears his name. John was the "beloved disciple."

[@gigignash6596]

"makes no apology for his archeology" Don't you just love the theme song?

[@hsleng6233]

Jesus never called his beloved disciple son. So much assumptions, speculations and misquote of Bible. Full of deceit.

[@jennifersilves4195]

You've read the Hebrew?

[@kauffner]

@@jennifersilves4195 You know that the gospels were written in Greek?

[@jennifersilves4195]

@@kauffner A)Matthew wasn't. B)Original language is subject to debate. C)Out of 40 000 NT texts and fragments no two match. D)Short answer, yes.

[@kauffner]

The earliest New Testament manuscripts are all in Greek. Much of Matthew was copied from Mark. How could it have been written in a different language? Perhaps you're relying on Irenaeus. But as far as modern scholars are concerned, there is no "debate" on this subject.

[@hsleng6233]

Please specify which part of the bible did jesus mentioned John as son in Greek?

[@Jbkoyi]

Why do we think that Mary Magdalene wasn't a disciple? Was it a crime for Jesus to have a wife? These are profound questions that need answers which obviously I guess we will never know.

[@mariaherradi8732]

Actually, to be called a Rabbi , didn't he needed to be married ?

[@godfellas483]

There was no body in the tomb,.due to Jesus resurrection, so no one would be unclean. The was no body to come into contact with.

[@qinshihuang4361]

Something confusing being said by the presenter. He said Mary Magdalena is Not a Disciple of Jesus. I think he meant to say or mean Apostle ( one of the 12 ). She is a Disciple by virtue of being a follower of Jesus. Disciple means follower.

[@jonglewongle3438]

Mary, mother of Jesus, was full of pacifism, like protecting those being stoned, like she'd physically shield them, and Jesus is saying to her that he tried her brand of pacifism and here is where it brought him as he's nailed on the cross.

[@cleverfitz779]

Good morning everyone

[@maryannec55]

I agree with Dr. Tabor, that it was James. Only his name was Y'acob, (as there was no "J" back then. King James wanted his name in the bible and changed it is what I've heard.

[@maryannec55]

IF Thomas had to do the ritualistic purification after, why didn't Peter?

[@roncornelius8339]

Old Testament say’s “ It’s the True when two or more agreed “. If only from One. Can’t be the True.

[@ebeegeebeefofeebee3181]

It is interesting that Thomas went to India for it is believed by many in India that both Jesus and his mother Mary also went to India. And that Jesus was married to someone named Mary there. So it is said. I wasn't there. But I am called John.

[@mariaherradi8732]

Issa ( Yashua ) was with him ( Thomas ) in India , and Mary the mother is supposedly buried in Pakistan- India's disputed territory ( Kashmir ) , in the Mountain of the Queen .Issa's body is buried in Rozabal .

[@mwmann3684]

He says 3 times. The 4th is at the arrest, in the garden. He was grabbed; however, he slipped out of his robes and ran off, naked, into the night. I think that it's Lazarus, whom He loved..... recently raised.

[@educatingwithwisdom7770]

I always thought Lazarus must have been at the Last Super, and when Jesus raises Lazarus, the statement is the one whom Jesus loved...But Mary does mean beloved in Egyptian and the woman in Bethany and Jeruselam are linked...The perfume used on Jesus's head and feet, I have recently read that if Jewish families could afford it, the women were given a expensive, perfumed oil to use on their future husbands feet...the old she is at his feet = sex Jewish euphomism....Jesus was a Nazarean...one of the seeds of Sarah. He was not just an Orthodox Jew. The Jewish Essenes and Nazareans were related to the ancient claims of Sarah...being seperate from Abraham, and are also related to the ancient Hurrians and Ephesus...Jesus had a real problem not just with Rome, but with had the Priest were bleeding the people with crazy sins that had no real basis. The Cohen's were Phoenician Priests. Jesus (who is quite familiar with Pythagorus's work), John the Baptiste...etc. they knew that the Temple was also a bleeding racket.

[@ianrobinson8974]

These is too much fantasy in this blog. Maria Valtorta, an Italian mystic from the 1940's and 50's gives a very full and descriptive summary of Jesus's life and those associated with Him. The "brothers" were the sons of Thaddeus, Joseph's brother; they were therefore Jesus' cousins. Anyone interested in these times should give Maria a go. John was the Disciple Jesus loves AND as he was a very young man gave Peter, his "boss" the chance to go in before him after beating him in a race to the grave site.

[@Hala-ataa]

“There’s too much fantasy here.” “For proof I’m right, listen to this mystic who lived 2000 years after Christ.” lol

[@aliciamesa5314]

John was Jesus' cousin; he was 6 months older than Jesus. His mother was Elizabeth, who was Mary's cousin whom Mary stayed with during she and Elizzbeth's pregnancies.

[@carolyncunningham3847]

I'd love to be able to hear the words he's saying but I can't hear him for the music so loud. I'm sure I'd like this show. Sad.

[@bigiron7547]

You’re not missing much anyway

[@sivirgo]

I am intrigued by jesus having a son, although i am open to that but, assume Jesus started teaching when he was 30 and died when he was 33, there is only 3 years where jesus might marry magdelene and had a son. This boy would be around a year old, he couldnt be running in the street with linen clothes , would he?

[@dellkachdz2164]

In islam Jesus took young boy 12 to 14 years old he was mistaken for a young woman for the long hare and no beard in last sapper by divenci .

[@sivirgo]

@@dellkachdz2164 can one grows beard when one is still 12 or 14 years old?

[@lynnmitzy1643]

I always thought it is Thomas/Didymus.... not meaning, the twin , .. but, meaning , the one most like HIM.

[@ebeegeebeefofeebee3181]

This is a profound observation.

[@_John_P]

Thomas already means twin

[@j8u2]

What happened to the fallen angels who mated with earthly women and had children to them? Why would the King of the Angels commit such a sin.? Jesus was without sin!

[@70AD-user45]

Angels cannot breed with women.

[@j8u2]

@@70AD-user45 READ GENESIS 6:1-4. They DID! Also read Matthew 13:24-30, the parable of the tares among the wheat. We are taught that angels CAN take human form. "Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares." Hebrews 13:2 (KJV) Read your bible. Don't just make assumptions.

[@JDMacko23]

Don’t get me wrong but in the gospels I with they did something like, “sorry I had to refer to Thomas to write that down because I forgot my papyrus, ink well and feather quill that day” Or “I had to refer to John because I’m illiterate.” And “don’t worry thought all the strife and death and rebellion with the romans and just struggling to survive the day, we locked that small papyrus quote in the secret strongbox for posterity.”

[@DNew7]

There was no children in the upper room where they were. Thomas could have been at work or visiting his family. It doesn’t tell us and it doesn’t matter. John didn’t go in until Peter to give Peter respect. John being a Christian and Thomas for that matter, didn’t do any more of the “Law”. Jesus said when you are born of the Spirit [of God/Jesus] we are completely forgiven of all sins. Past and present and future. And He told them they were under the Grace of God now. God doesn’t see their sim. God sees His son’s freely given, blood which washes away sin. Isaiah says we will be as white as snow. So no one would have to worry about cleansing ceremony anymore. Ex- If it was still in effect, the 2 Mary’s who was in the grave would have been “unclean”. Did you see that they didn’t even pay attention of that and neither did Peter, John and all of them in the “apt”/room. The dead babies was back when they sacrificed them to Molick. Read the middle of 1st kings to 2nd Kings. You will see for instance King Hezekiah’s fatherAhaz, was totally into idle worship. That’s why God was so upset with them, and he would have babies sacrifice to Mullick all the time and women who got pregnant outside of marriage had to sacrifice them as well unless they kept kept them secret. Also, they couldn’t drowned them in the water but I don’t think so because then everybody would see dead babies, so it sounds more like all the babies that were sacrificed to the idols. Look up the book, gods and kings. It’s a six book series. I listen to it on audible. The author is amazing and very studied and wrote about the kings in a novel that is very close to the Bible that will help you also.

[@johnprzybycien1644]

Most religious scholars are aware of the theory that Jesus had offspring. Supposedly, he was married to Mary Magdalene, and bore children. This theory is not just in fictional writings, but has been around since the beginning. What a lot of modern religious scholars don't know, or don't ACCEPT, is that many gospels and "books" have been removed from the bible in the past, by Catholic leaders (Pope Constantine for instance), because they felt that the information was blasphemous or sacrilegious to their agendas and beliefs. So, you have religious leaders throughout history, removing texts from the bible, just like in ancient Egypt, where present pharaohs would deface and remove information of former rulers, because it didn't fit their religious and political beliefs. Study some of the texts from the lost gospels, and there is more enlightening information on Jesus

[@winros]

I'm just curious whether he has a video on the transfiguration...

[@a_new_life_41]

Excellent work! My own amateur investigation led me to think it was Thomas, but I never made the leap to consider it was his son - but it is plausible from a few perspectives. I include in that the possibility Thomas may have also been the "Stephen" that pre-conversion Paul instigated the stoning of - and his name later changed because it would've been so inflammatory to the early Christian church. (I wonder if any analysis has been done on the bones in the ossuaries). Either way, it definitely implies a major divide in the earliest Christian beliefs after Jesus - and it makes me more curious than ever to know what the original teaching of Jesus was, that folks were so fearful to want to cover up. I do disagree on a minor point James Tabor makes, implying that the 'inhuman Christ-only' version of Jesus was put forward by the mystic side of Christianity. It was surely the orthodoxy that wanted to drop the problematic human side.

[@pelagiapesigan2096]

If Mary Magdalene is one of His disciples, maybe Jesus is referring to his son in Mary Magdalene's womb

[@asmaelitemiz2039]

From the book by Kamal Salibi,"Conspiracy in Jerusalem" The treason of Judas Jeshu Bar Nagara did not have to be betrayed by one of his own disciples for his life to end on the cross. He had made a conspicuous entry into Jerusalem: with a whip in his hand, he had openly led a riot in the precincts of the Temple, and then used the same precincts as his public platform--a fact to which all four Gospels attest. The High priest could immediately have had him seized and brought before them for questioning about his Messianic pretensions and unruly behaviour. There was no need to track him down because he was not living in hiding. On the night of his arrest, he was enjoying a leisurely supper with his disciples,after which the party went to a 'garden' outside the city to which everybody had access. When the men sent by the high priests arrived to arrest him,it is reported that Jeshu was surprised to find them armed (Mark 14:48-9;cf. Luke 22:52-3; Matthew 26:55 ): Did you come with with swords and clubs to capture me,as though I were an outlaw? Day after day I was with you teaching in the Temple, and you did not arrest me. All four Gospels, however, insist that Jeshu was betrayed, and repeatedly name his betrayer as Judas Iscariot--the disciple he trusted enough to make the keeper of his 'money bag'. For such a betrayal to be necessary, the whereabouts of the Master and his disciples on the day of his arrest--more particularly the place where they had the Last Supper---had to be secret. A story was told to suggest--but not explicitly state--that this was the case (Mark 14:12--15) On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened bread,the day the lambs for the Passover meal were killed,Jesus' disciples asked him,' Where do you want us to go and get the Passover meal for you?' Then Jesus sent two of them with these instructions: 'Go into the city,and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him to the house he enters, and say to the owner of the house: the Teacher says, Where is the room where my disciples and I will eat the Passover meal?' Then he will show you a large upstairs room,prepared and furnished, where you will get everything ready for us.' This story about the mysterious man with the 'water jar' leading the two disciples to the secret premises where they prepared the Last Supper first found its way into the Gospel of Mark. Luke,who loved such stories, repeated this one from Mark almost word for word(22:7-12) Matthew,whose Gospel on the whole provides the closest parallel to Mark's, does not appear to have believed the tale. He repeats it but omits from it the man with the 'water jar' According to Matthew, the Last Supper was eaten in the house of a friend,or perhaps in a hired apartment (Matthew 26:17-18): the disciples came to Jesus and asked him, 'Where do you want us to get the Passover meal ready for you?' 'Go to a certain man in the city,' he said to them, 'and tell him: " The Teacher says.....'My discioles and I will celebrate the Passover at your house." John does not say where the Last Supper was prepared and eaten. His account of the simply says: 'It was now the day before the Passover Festival....Jesus and his disciples were at supper' (13:1-2). Unless one insists that the Gospel of Mark, being the oldest of the four, is the most credible on all counts,which is a commonly held view, the story it relates about the man with the 'water jar' who led the disciples to the mysterious 'upstairs room' where they prepared the Last Supper --a story repeated only by habitually credulous Luke---must be regarded as apocryphal. Had it been necessary for Bar Nagara and his party to have the Last Supper in a hideout, they would not have gone directly after the meal to spend the rest of the evening in a public park.

[@Downlead]

You have to consider when Jesus appeared to the Disciples, he was fine, unhurt. So it was ridiculous to verify him by the wound in his side. 14:30

[@orangemountain]

Can you please tone down the background music when it clashes with any voice overs.

[@moniquechat6860]

My dad said it's to keep it down line of the families that from there so they wouldn't be murdered otherwise it would have been murdered off that is the reasoning of it and even the groups in the Judaism and also and other Christian groups I also said the same thing they had to save the family from being murdered

[@tabithadebolt1708]

The beloved disciple was John. Christ while on the cross told John to take care of his mother.

[@williamgraves535]

Mark 6:1 to 3

[@Pawl1957]

It's the humanness of the author.

[@Chewie576]

I’m surprised you didn’t mention Lazarus as a candidate. It could have been Lazarus in Mark who was in linen burial clothes that ran away naked. Lazarus was the ONLY person the Bible says Jesus “loved”. Peter asked Jesus about Lazarus because he was raised from the dead once, what would happen to him? Lazarus was the only one at the cross because he didn’t fear death like the rest of the disciples. Lazarus understood the resurrection at the tomb because he was familiar with all of the burial clothes and mentions them by name. I was surprised none of these items were even mentioned.

[@Petr-Gunar]

The beloved disiple is JUDA which jesus had a son with mariamne (Marie magdalena) he was the secret disiple they kept it a secret as they would of killed juda jesus son aswell not lazarus

[@fartamayo]

The Beloved Disciple is no other than, Lazarus - brother of Martha and Mary.. although he is also mentioned in passing as a son of Mary in the crucifixion, Mary Magdalene and not Mary, mother of Jesus.

[@helgafalckenberg6635]

Wasnt Juda the one who hang himself, after Jesus of Nazareth was overhanded...

[@dez2397]

I do not claim to know anything. I have learned that the Da Vinci painting of the Last Supper clearly shows that the person sitting next to Jesus is a woman ie: Mary Magdalene? Why was she so readily dismissed? Maybe Da Vinci was trying to tell us something. Thank you for sharing these videos, I love your humor.

[@bethbartlett5692]

Mary M held a viable position and she could very well have been "a disciple and a wife". I feel both have strong cases, that it would be James and Thomas. The Roman Priests remove much of James for Peter and Paul and left Thomas out. "Gospel of Thomas" qualifies based on their criteria and is arguably the most important of the New Testament Gospels. It is 99% Jesus speaking. Audio available on KZbin - appx 25 min listen. I just know Someone will go to most original Texts and with modern interpretation/translation skill experts, prepare a Most Accurate Possible Copy of the whole Bible and qualifying Gospels. *Please* Jesus was born as a human and he Ascended. It was the point. I never expectred Mary remain a Virgin her entire life, she married Joseph. ...and I'm a Catholic. Not so Roman anymore but Catholic.

[@JohnPaul-158]

MAYBE THE "Beloved Disciple" SOUNDS MORE LIKE HIS SON! HE WAS AT THE CROSS ON ONE OF YOUR OTHER VIDEOS!

[@jacobylowney8466]

At what point did Jesus meet Mary Magdeline? Wasn't it after he started his ministry? He obviously could not have married Mary M. and had a child old enough to have his own house to take in his mother? He couldn't be old enough to run to the tomb and enter. (Nor would an adult let him) An adult would not have allowed a young boy of Jesus descent stand at the cross and witness such tragedy as the crucifixion of his father. Why was Peter present when Jesus appeared? He entered the tomb! Why would the Beloved Disciple be the only one to honor Jewish tradition? It would not bother me at all to know that Jesus married and had a child. He was a human and God at the same time. He lived like a human, he was tempted beyond comprehension. Everything ancillary to that was living in a human body and maybe marriage and bearing children was not out of the question.

[@ingridhawksby2516]

All I know is that Jesus Christ loves every one obviously he probably had his favourite friend like us all...but who cares He loves so much the world...

[@larryroberts8809]

Woman behold your son,son behold your mother. No brothers, no sisters. Jesus would not need to set someone to care for his mother if he had siblings. He was born not to procreate but to save mankind. Baptisms , transgression, crucified, died/buried, resurrection. Ascension. For whom ever believe in him shall have eternal life Jesus/ God/ Holy Spirit Yeshua Emmanuel Son of God Lord Master

[@Hala-ataa]

So we get to partake in salvation but not him? Eternal Family IS Eternal Life.

[@remiel6]

not to throw a wrench in the plan, but Jesus was only 33 years old. In order for his "son" to engage in a race, or have any meaningful interaction he would have to be at least close to 12 years old. Now its possible that Jesus could have a child at 20 or 21 years old, but if he did, the mother was not mary magdalene, the dates do not match up. Any son of Jesus would be far to young to meaningfully participate in the events of the gospel. You are likely, assuming Mary Magdalene was the mother, talking about a child who would be less than 3 years old at the time his "Father" died.

[@steventeele845]

The beloved disciple is John the son of Zebadee. He is the writer of the book of Revelation.

[@tazz6328]

Oh how he loved him he wept for him it was Lazarus

[@andyboa8107]

I've solved your mistery. Beloved desciple is made up in this late book like all other things that do not appear in earlier gospels.

[@abrahamalexander4369]

Explain the young man in white linen.

[@samphonnetgamgee5625]

Yes, Gospel of John is not reliable.

[@florenciagarcia416]

Jesus's BFF was Mary Magdalene

[@integrationalpolytheism]

8:00 well actually if it's one of Jesus' brothers, then he ISN'T commissioning him to be Mary's son, he is rather just making a factual and biological obaervation.

[@fartamayo]

Jude or Judas, one called John and Lazarus are just one and the same person - the Beloved Disciple. He is the one mentioned in the crucifixion wherein Jesus said “son behold your mother, woman behold your son”, except that Jesus is not referring to Mary mother of Jesus but to Mary Magdalene. The beloved disciple is Jesus’ and Mary Magdalene’s son.

[@beckybrynjolfsson]

The beloved disciple is Mary Magdelene. The words are a figure of speech. He loves her most. Nope, any other is wrong. Jesus giving his mother to any disciple has nothing to do with his favorite. They are two separate incidents. Mary Magdelene and Jesus had a large family with many children. The romans' policy of preists and nuns prohibited marriage is sick like many other sexual sins they commit. Marriage was twisted by the romans in their pagan rituals. I found out some of the sick things about catholism and christianity. I became a Muslim. Later I decided to not have any religion.

[@miekadegerness67]

In Truth this is the First This I heard Thomas is the Beloved Disciple . In other Videos it's Always been John they say Hmmm . Always a first time . Seems people have a Different Spin on things , Or their Own Ideas

[@moyboymusic8408]

Lazarus.....not James! That's why he says, "behold your mother" as an introduction....

[@DNew7]

Do you still do these?

[@joyelias6975]

It is true that the title was added later, but this does not rule out that John was the author. You just wanted content for your show, so you explored theories full of land mines, to fill in your season quota. You haven't provided enough evidence to discredit John as the author. The burden of proof rests on you.

[@aRsH-aJ]

*When you don't have a feild to dig, dig Bible*

[@brucenenke2989]

Jesus's favourite disciple is still being ignored but why was he Jesus's favourite we don't know.

[@timcross2510]

The gospels do not say the beloved would live an unnatural life. It says if he should what is it anyone's concern. SUBTLE context contempt by Simcha. He knows better but his irreverence is only for Christian beliefs

[@Musick79]

Yes- He is anti-missionary.

[@yolandajane61]

You got some of these things wrong.He never said Son !

[@lostspace5811]

Which version you reading

[@lostspace5811]

@@jerryking7502 the pagan Roman church doesn't want to validate the reality only the myth, because the reality is their karma

[@toddly1133]

Yes, he does say SON. John 19:26-27 KJV When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, WOMAN, BEHOLD THY SON (emphasis added mine)! [27] Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.

[@toddly1133]

@@lostspace5811 exactly, that's the problem. They are so many PERversions out there that it muddies the water. You are correct. Yes, he does say SON. John 19:26-27 KJV When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, WOMAN, BEHOLD THY SON (emphasis added mine)! [27] Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.

[@brucenenke2989]

Barabas was also called Jesus which must have been confusing to Pilate Twins and sons but also real brothers like James,

[@OG_Wakanobi]

James has it wrong. Jesus spoke to his young son from the cross. The other two instances are def Mary, in my mind. Whom else would you speak to at the moment of your death? Your wife and son?... To whom else's burial place would you hurry to??? Your wife or husband??? How many Rabbi's were unmarried?

[@scottdavis2252]

If it were the case that Jesus was married and or had a son then Jesus would have been guilty of adultery because scripture teaches us that the church is the bride of Christ. What you're suggesting is blasphemy.

[@tazz6328]

Why did they think was not going too die because he already died and resurrected

[@Baba_Wawa]

I like these videos but I think it should’ve been the Grain of Salt Archeologist because you have to take everything said with a grain of salt. While it’s fun to imagine or speculate it’s more than likely not accurate. Simcha is a fun guy but too easily asserts his hypothesis is true.

[@andyboa8107]

If he will not die until advent of God on Earth I would like to make an appeal to the beloved desciple to identify himself.

[@70AD-user45]

That's correct. The beloved disciple did not die because the second advent was in 70 AD when the Son of Man came "on the clouds of heaven" (spiritually) in judgement against apostate Jerusalem when the temple was demolished (Matthew 24). The beloved disciple was kept alive to write the book of Revelation and the Gospel of John. I think it may have been Lazarus, who was a priest. The Gospel of John is different to the synoptics because it's a book of theology, written by the priest Lazarus. John's Gospel was probably written in 95 AD and the book of Revelation was looking back at the great tribulation of 70 AD or the "Day of the Lord", which was the second advent. Of course, if you don't recognise that the second advent was in 70 AD, that would make the beloved disciple 2,000 years old because he would have to be still alive today. Some people try and get round this problem, but ultimately fail.

[@jamesmcdermott5048]

It was Mark who was naked and ran. Mark was Peter's son.

[@jamesmcdermott5048]

The Immaculate Conception, or Virgin Birth dictate that genetically Jesus did not have a Y Chromosome, and so fathering children would be impossible.

[@YHWH_is_ELOHIM]

Yahshua was not "orthodox" in fact, He was quite "unorthodox".

[@philipgray3570]

the beloved disciple is jesus him self and the guy on the cross is the person whom took jesus place when crucified. the real jesus and his mother came to the cross to thank his replacement for sacrificing himself for the greater need of the people. this is how jesus was truly resurrected 3 days later because he never died and became the messiah over night due to his so called miraculous resurrection. the guy on the cross did not die for our sins he died for all of jesus sins. this is why he calls him the beloved disciple because if he said my beloved jesus the romans would have caught on to it. and as for judas he helped plan all of this judas choose jesus replacement and delivered him to the romans him self. how do i know this well lets just say some people can see things that most people can not. i do not wish to cause an argument or ruin your day this is not my desire. the question was asked who is the beloved disciple, now you know it was jesus him self. this will also explain jesus family tomb that was found in 1980 that simcha brought back to light

[@FaerieGranma]

As long as there are descendants, the bloodline does not die. Following DNA might be a way to find the beloved disciple.

[@ebeegeebeefofeebee3181]

Do you have the true DNA of Yeshua. Did you buy it on eBay ?