Its likely that they might have imagined him being so. According to earliest manuscripts Jesus was neither divine and trinity stuff was added later.
According to Bart Ehrman there was usually no exceptions for taking someone down from the cross, they was there til their bodies decompose, like skeletons etc.
Either way, there was also plenty of early christian sects at the time. I mean honestly most christians follows paul morality rules in general. Its afterall he who gets the idea how followers should behave, i honestly dont get why this guy is considered legit just because he claims he had a vision of something.
According to Bart Ehrman there was usually no exceptions for taking someone down from the cross, they was there til their bodies decompose, like skeletons etc.
Either way, there was also plenty of early christian sects at the time. I mean honestly most christians follows paul morality rules in general. Its afterall he who gets the idea how followers should behave, i honestly dont get why this guy is considered legit just because he claims he had a vision of something.