WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.860 align:middle line:90% 00:00:01.860 --> 00:00:04.059 align:middle line:90% This is called Magdala. 00:00:04.059 --> 00:00:08.850 align:middle line:84% Magdala means there's a port or tower right near there. 00:00:08.850 --> 00:00:13.740 align:middle line:84% And for some reason, of course, no females wrote the Bible. 00:00:13.740 --> 00:00:15.960 align:middle line:84% That might have something to do with it. 00:00:15.960 --> 00:00:18.120 align:middle line:84% And the people who did write it wrote it many years 00:00:18.120 --> 00:00:19.530 align:middle line:90% after the events. 00:00:19.530 --> 00:00:23.190 align:middle line:84% I can't remember last week, so I know something about it. 00:00:23.190 --> 00:00:24.540 align:middle line:90% It's getting worse, people. 00:00:24.540 --> 00:00:26.650 align:middle line:90% It's getting worse. 00:00:26.650 --> 00:00:31.110 align:middle line:84% This is the voice of Magdala talking. 00:00:31.110 --> 00:00:35.550 align:middle line:84% I grew among the lambs and lions. 00:00:35.550 --> 00:00:38.670 align:middle line:84% Bales of hay were my sweet house. 00:00:38.670 --> 00:00:42.480 align:middle line:90% A manger was my country. 00:00:42.480 --> 00:00:46.260 align:middle line:84% I learned to whisper and to roar. 00:00:46.260 --> 00:00:49.230 align:middle line:84% I roared when I heard the animals begin to speak 00:00:49.230 --> 00:00:53.760 align:middle line:90% of magic, a miracle in Cana. 00:00:53.760 --> 00:00:58.410 align:middle line:84% I wandered now along the road of markets and bazaars. 00:00:58.410 --> 00:01:00.690 align:middle line:90% My tongue is parched for water. 00:01:00.690 --> 00:01:04.500 align:middle line:90% My tongue is parched for wine. 00:01:04.500 --> 00:01:07.530 align:middle line:90% I will arrive in Cana. 00:01:07.530 --> 00:01:10.800 align:middle line:84% I will braid my hair and greet my mother. 00:01:10.800 --> 00:01:16.210 align:middle line:84% I will fall to my knees before my nappy brother and whisper, 00:01:16.210 --> 00:01:17.535 align:middle line:90% I am home. 00:01:17.535 --> 00:01:22.820 align:middle line:90% 00:01:22.820 --> 00:01:25.580 align:middle line:84% People sometimes get annoyed, because I 00:01:25.580 --> 00:01:28.910 align:middle line:90% call Jesus hair nappy. 00:01:28.910 --> 00:01:32.060 align:middle line:84% Of course, the Bible says that it was-- 00:01:32.060 --> 00:01:34.555 align:middle line:84% wool, like, sheep's hair, like wool. 00:01:34.555 --> 00:01:35.930 align:middle line:84% There are some parts of the Bible 00:01:35.930 --> 00:01:39.140 align:middle line:90% that people get annoyed with. 00:01:39.140 --> 00:01:40.380 align:middle line:90% But then I never heard of-- 00:01:40.380 --> 00:01:44.390 align:middle line:84% I always said the only European people 00:01:44.390 --> 00:01:49.760 align:middle line:84% who came from Africa and Israel is on the continent of Africa 00:01:49.760 --> 00:01:55.340 align:middle line:90% were Tarzan and Jesus. 00:01:55.340 --> 00:01:57.530 align:middle line:90% And it's so interesting to me. 00:01:57.530 --> 00:02:00.220 align:middle line:90% I think it's interesting.