the possibility that jesus was married story line was divorced from reality .
 
this papyrus , said to be from ancient times , says that jesus had a wife .
its discovery was announced in 2012 and new information uncovered by live science casts doubt on its origins .
axel herzsprung , who was another co - owner of acmb - american corporation for milling and boreworks , also said laukamp in 1999 and he , in turn , obtained it in potsdam , in what was east germany , in 1963 .
if authentic , the papyrus suggests some people in ancient times believed that jesus and mary magdalene .
the man listed as representative of laukamp 's estate in sarasota county , florida , rene ernest , said that laukamp did n't own this papyrus to the fourth century a.d. , saying it may be a copy of a gospel written in the second century in greek .
additionally , since the investigation published , live science has been in contact with an agency
the discovery of the gospel of jesus 's wife was first announced by karen king , of harvard university , in september 2012 .