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If Pilate executed a man whom the entire populace de facto perceived to be their King and Messiah, they would not have waited nearly 40 years to revolt. BTW, above I should have more properly stated that: Judas (being one of the 12) knew that Jesus had proclaimed (to exclusively the inner circle of ...

Judas knew that Jesus was the Messiah, and by implication, the king of the Jews. Judas spilled the beans. Therefore Pilate knew, as did Caiaphas. This I believe is the essential viewpoint of Bart Ehrman.

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I would go even farther and excise Peter from these verses. The "they" in verse 28 corresponding with the "them" in verse 30. 27 And Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” 28 And...

How much of this (if any) mirrors Atwill?

Thank you Ben!!!

Who first attested to the presence of the Testimonium Flavianum, and in roughly what year did they do it?

Perhaps Jesus was trying to express that he is not the Christ?

FWIW I think Origen offers some insight as to what the Marcionites saw in the passage: Consider, however, whether all men have in some way part in Him in His character as Logos. On this point the Apostle teaches us that He is to be sought not outside the seeker, and that those find Him in themselve...

Would those who practiced the utmost in living a life of righteousness fraudulently move their Teachers date of death to 30 CE in order to make the 40 years work out pretty much perfectly?