Quote:Jesus loyal followers would not have suffered the way they did unless they knew for certain He was who He claimed to be wrong.
Bollocks.
To this day nobody knows 'for certain' that Jesus (who may or may not have existed) was who the mythology which is the NT claims him to have been. Personal certitude is not the same as certainty.
His putative apostles may or may not have been aware of the suffering in their future,and may or may not have accepted it willingly. We have no way of knowing their motivation. The Gospels DO tell us Peter wasn't all that keen, denying he even knew Jesus; three times.
