Were Jesus and Mary Magdalene Married

Were Jesus and Mary Magdalene Married? This is a question that has been made popular because of a book by Dan Brown. One might think what one wants about the book, but it has opened up the floor for discussing an issue that has been taboo for centuries. And with the question; were Jesus and Mary Magdalene married? comes the obvious follow-up question; did they have any children?

The commandment of God from the very beginning was that a man should leave his father and mother and cleave unto his wife, so that they could be one flesh. (Gen 2:24). The very God to deliver this commandment was none other than the Father. During his mortal ministry Jesus repeated his Fathers words;
4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,

5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? (Matthew 19:4-5)

It would have caused no small stir among the people surrounding him at this time, who had come to find fault with him, if he were to break his own commandment (unless there is any evidence to be found that suggests that the Jews at the time saw marriage as a "necessary dirty institution" to keep man from going all wild. The Messiah would not have to obey that kind of commandment.
But there is nothing in scripture that suggests marriage to be anything but a holy order of God. It is still called "Holy Matrimony" today. Neither do we find any example of Jesus breaking the laws that he himself gave in the Old Testament times, when he was known as Jehovah. He was accused of breaking the commandments, but it could always be understood in the light of him breaking a lesser commandment in order to following a higher law.

In a National Geographic program there was a Catholic padre of the sect Opus Dei who emphatically proclaimed that it was blasphemy to suggest that Jesus was married. But he didn't say why it would be blasphemous! Is marriage immoral in the Catholic view? Wouldn't that make God an accomplice in our immorality, since he gave the commandment? But the Catholic faith is family centered, so it cannot harbor such feelings, surely.
Jesus called himself the Bridegroom! He couldn't possibly do that if the institution of marriage was filthy. He would have found another metaphor. Jesus likening himself to a bridegroom doesn't mean that he was a bachelor on earth. No, it meant that he is faithful to the bride, the House of Israel, just as he expects her to be faithful to him (If there are any women preparing to actually marrying him, I'm afraid it is not going to happen)!
Jesus visited weddings, and made them more pleasant to attend. He would not do that if he would be against the institution as such. But was Jesus and Mary Magdalene married? We have no record telling us that he did. But sometimes we should look for what is not there, rather than for what is actually there.

·          At the time of Jesus it would have been absolutely astonishing if an influential Rabbi, such as Jesus, didn't have a wife! It would be so strange that it would definitely have been a part of the recorded history! And Jesus and Mary Magdalene is the most likely couple, if Jesus was married.

·          If he was married, that would not be written, since it would be like writing that he had fingers on his hands, or that he had legs. But if he was not married at the age of 30...

·          Why did Jesus break the line of command at his resurrection, by first showing himself to Mary Magdalene? His responsibility, as a single man, would be to first show himself to Peter, the Senior Apostle. But imagine Jesus and Mary Magdalene married, then it would make perfect sense to firstly visit the grieving widow.

It would be blasphemy is to suggest, or right-out say, that Jesus was promiscuous, or in any way breaking the law of chastity. Further, it would be blasphemy to suggest that Jesus, if he was married, did not have the sense and sensibility to know to keep his private life private.

As for having children; Jesus had none! Here Dan Jones was wrong. As he was over and over. Let’s read the prophecy of Jesus, how he would have no children in mortality, and how every person who sacrifice a broken heart and a contrite spirit, knowing that Jesus made the ultimate sacrifice for his/her sins, will be the children of Jesus that he didn’t have in mortality;

8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.

9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.

Question: “who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living?”

Answer: “when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed!”