re: #232 whitebeach

Excellent points, of course. But as to the actual facts as attested, I always wondered exactly why the Romans needed Judas to identify Jesus in the first place. The man had just been the honoree of a citywide parade a day or two before (depending on which infallible version of the timeline you prefer). It would be like J. Edgar Hoover asking somebody in JFK’s entourage to please point out the president for him.

These are all stories, written decades after the event by people who weren’t there. They aren’t eye witness accounts.

They were then copied again and again, with little improvements added to the text as seemed appropriate.