Where did the Jesus myth come from?

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"As the Jews were making constant disturbances at the instigation of Chrestus, he expelled them from Rome." Life of Claudius by Suetonius

This confirms the accuracy of Luke's account in Acts 18:2 "There he met a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all Jews to leave Rome."

...When did Jesus ever call an "instigation" and how did it get to Rome?...

And then he told them, "Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone. (Mark 16:15)

That isn't an authentic quote of Jesus. He would have been saying that before the Gentile mission opened up. It's anachronistic. Remember when Paul or whoever had that vision about it being ok to eat unclean animals? That's when the Gentile mission started. After Jesus was supposed to have died. If Jesus really said that, why didn't Christians start preaching to gentiles immediately? Why did it happen only years after Jesus died?

In other words, that verse is a later development of the church put into Jesus' mouth.

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I should also ask, what makes you think "preaching" is an "instigation"?