In the dark, we hear a crash of thunder as the music begins. 1948 AD, Jean Doresse addresses the people by saying that the discovery of the Gnostic Gospels is the most significant finding of the 20th century and are just as valid as the Bible. He disappears.

The time of Christ, Mary, alone in silhouette, is trying to understand what this one person (we find out it’s Yeshua) saw in her that brought her to this place in her journey. (“What Did You See In Me?”) As she is questioning herself, different historical men of influence through the ages interject their firm beliefs that Mary Magdalene is a prostitute and that her gospels should be destroyed – John Wesley, Pope Gregory I, and Emperor Constantine. As the song ends, before dawn, we hear the crashing of waves and Levi is desperately trying to get Mary into the boat to avoid being captured and killed by the Roman soldiers. Mary worries about sinking in the sea with the earthen jar containing written scrolls in her hand, and their story being lost forever. She will not leave until she understands why she was chosen, and then left behind. Flashback.