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Why did the Jesus character say that the person whom he followed to Magdelene's bordello was "an angel" from God?


This has always struck me as bizarre, I do not get why he said this? It happened pretty early on in the film, not sure if it was brought up later at all. A very strange vibe/moment. (Yes, this entire film is on entirely on its own level of surrealism, yet this bit really puzzled me the most for some reason)

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I think it was his belief that God was telling him to go back to Mary Magdalen. (In the book there's a background explanation about how they were engaged as adolescents but then he left her which turned her to prostitution.)

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