While I respect Dan Brown for his imagination and his well put together novel, I have trouble with those who could actually believe that Mary Magdeline and Jesus were married. First of all, back in those days the average life time was 53 years old. Second, they married between the ages of 13 and 15 years old back then. Jesus would have been considered an outcast for not being married, but at the same time......the apostles were very jealous because Jesus supposedly love Mary more than He love his apostles. So....if that were the case, then if Jesus did indeed marry Mary Magdeline when it was custom.....why would the disciples be jealous 20 years later?? Can someone answer this for me?? I have been struggling to find the answer, I guess maybe because I believe that Jesus never married.