If you were writing \u201cThe Gospel of Jesus\u2019 Wife\u201d how would that line have continued?<\/p>\n
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Jesus said, \u201cMy wife ___________________________________________.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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As readers already know, a small fragment in Coptic that has been making headlines\u00a0because it includes the words \u201cJesus said, \u2018My wife\u2026’\u201d and then is cut off there. I suggested in my last post, but thought it might be worth separating out in a post of its own, that it would be interesting (and perhaps […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[2193,3562,4871,5677,6317,8691,13719],"class_list":["post-9535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-humor","tag-coptic","tag-fragment","tag-humor","tag-jesus","tag-lacuna","tag-papyrus","tag-wife"],"yoast_head":"\n
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As readers already know, a small fragment in Coptic that has been making headlines<\/a>\u00a0because it includes the words \u201cJesus said, \u2018My wife\u2026'\u201d and then is cut off there.<\/p>\n