Mary Magdalene was a very mysterious figure in the Gospels and a lot of different roles has been attached to her. Not only that, she was also a problematic figure to the growing Christian movement, as her presence in the major events of Jesus was a confirmation of her important role. Now there is an actual proof that the Gospel of John has been changed more than 400 times and there was an attempt to somehow remove her or diminish her role in that particular Gospel. This however is only evident in the Gospel of John. In my other videos I argue that Mary Magdalene was in fact the author of the Gospel of John and the Gospel has been told from her point of view only. Now we have another evidence of that through the finding of Elizabeth Schrader, a biblical scholar of the New Testament, that the Gospel of John circled around Mary Magdalene.
Please review this interview where it is clear that there was an attempt to remove Mary from some stories in the Gospel.
Those findings give Mary Magdalene very prominent role. Not only she anointed Jesus, she gives Christological confession, which is considered to be a central thesis statement of the Gospel of John that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, Mary is at the cross as one of the women witnesses, she also confirms two prophecies from the Old Testament that happened during crucifixion which are not present at any other Gospel. And of course, she is the first one that Jesus appears to after resurrection. She is much more important that the false Apostle Paul, who never met Jesus, yet on whose teachings the whole Christianity is based on.
Mary has been pushed out from her role and her position has been hijacked by first, the Apostle Peter and then by the Apostle Paul. Christianity would have looked so much different if it was actually continued by Mary Magdalene, the first and only witness to the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. And that is also why, she couldn’t openly say that it was her testimony of the Gospel of John, because according to the Law in the first century Israel, a woman’s testimony was generally not accepted as legally valid in court. According to the Jewish Law “women are not valid witnesses”, as it states in the Mishnah. These laws were practiced by the Jewish community, therefore it would be logical to say that women were excluded from any events where they could be treated as witnesses. Therefore Mary could not say it was her, yet it is clear that the author confirms:
“This is the disciple who testifies of these things, and wrote these things; and we know that his testimony is true.” John 21: 24
Therefore the author was not only an eyewitness to the crucifixion, a disciple but also someone who wrote these things. Mary Magdalene was the author of the Gospel of John.
By Dagmara Z.