Prominent New Testament scholars are saying this week that it is time to put to rest an infamous papyrus that suggests Jesus Christ had a wife.

The recent Atlantic article "gives more reason why so many were so skeptical about the claims for this text from the beginning. It points to the fact that when a largely unvetted sensational discovery is announced, time should be given for the dust to settle around those claims," said Dallas Theological Seminary New Testament Studies professor Darrell Bock to The Christian Post on Friday.Bock further added that "in this case, it looks like this 'ancient' papyrus is worth little more than that settled dust."