(April 12, 2019 at 9:00 am)Acrobat Wrote: Also, the virtue of being martyr didn’t originate later in the Christian movement, but a part of its very beginning, with the very idea of a crucified messiah.
Or the story of a crucified messiah was embellished for the purpose of martyrdom religion, considering that earliest gospel was written after Nero's persecution declaration. Not to mention that the earliest manuscript of Mark dates to 4th century (Codex Vaticanus) so who knows what kind of versions it went through.
