A fragment of papyrus known as the “Gospel of Jesus’s Wife,” caused a controversy when it was published by the Harvard Divinity School in 2012. Now, it has been tested and the study reports “the ink and papyrus are very likely ancient, and not a modern forgery.”
The writing contains the phrases “Jesus said to them, ‘My wife…'” as well as, “she will be able to be my disciple.”
“I took very seriously the comments of such a wide range of people that it might be a forgery,” said Dr. King who gave the paper it’s name. “When you have all the evidence pointing in one direction, it doesn’t make it 100 percent, but history is not a place where 100 percent is a common thing.”
Gospel of Jesus’ Wife