Josephus and other contemporaries on Jesus

[JairCrawford]

The theological message, beyond the deeper numerological meanings, is a lesson of faith to put it simply.

Um, if you're trying to say it didn't really happen we already know that.

That's not what I'm saying. The message is that the disciples feared of starving on the boat after witnessing both feedings so Jesus called them out on their lack of faith.

[Minimalist]

If you're living in Roman occupied territory and you have a large crowd following you around then your countdown to the beyond will be in single figures.

Except, Succ, the problem is that the initial reaction of Pilate as given in the so-called "gospels" is "who the fuck is this guy and what has he done."  That does not indicate to me that he was exactly on the top of the Roman Shit List.