My question was always what made this guy special. There were apparently several of this type of preacher in this area at this time. How do we tell one preacher from another. All my books don't help any in singling him out. There is no contemporary source which mentions him or differentiators him from other cult leaders. As I said, there were a lot of them.
TBH we can't even be sure of his crucifixion or baptism. The first seems plausible, Pilate was a despot and had a bunch of people killed. And the baptism wasn't a terribly uncommon thing. But there's no way to be certain of this. Some people who were preachers were crucified, some bent knee and backed down.
TBH we can't even be sure of his crucifixion or baptism. The first seems plausible, Pilate was a despot and had a bunch of people killed. And the baptism wasn't a terribly uncommon thing. But there's no way to be certain of this. Some people who were preachers were crucified, some bent knee and backed down.
