DOES THE TEXT SAY MARY MAGDALENE WAS MARRIED TO JESUS?
No. Neither this text nor any other known ancient text has ever said Jesus was married to anyone but the spiritual body of Christ [Eph 5:23-32; Rev 19:7, etc.]. The preceding text in question uses the term “companion” to describe someone, not necessarily identifiable, in relation to Jesus. During the Gospel of Philip itself, even Jesus’ own mother is identified by this term “companion,” which cannot, therefore, be understood to mean Jesus’ “wife” [Robinson, op cit. p. 140]. In a somewhat more recent European scholarly edition, the term “companion” in this passage is not about Mary Magdalene at all, but “Sophia,” a feminine spirit of “Wisdom” [THE NEW TESTAMENT APOCRYPHA, vol. 1, ed. Wilhelm Schneemelcher, trans. R. McL. Wilson (Westminster/John Knox Press, Louisville, 1991) p. 194]. Those who argue that “companion” in this text clearly indicates a marital state between Jesus and Mary Magdalene are therefore misrepresenting the views of most scholars. 6) DO THE APOSTLES CRITICIZE JESUS
