The language and emphases observed in the Gospel reports accurately fit an AD 30 pre-church context and environment.
• Gospels don’t say disciples “receive” Jesus.
• Gospels don’t have people faithing “in” Jesus full-stop.
• Gospels don’t have people theo-confess Jesus as Lord.
• Gospels don’t depict God-like worship of Jesus.
• Gospels don’t depict apostles as authorities.
• Gospels don’t depict apostles as ethical templates.
• Gospels don’t have Jesus claiming to fulfill prophecy.
• Gospel’s don’t have Jesus’ preaching penal substitionary atonment.
• Gospels don’t have Jesus claiming to be messiah.
Among the Gospel stories, consistent but unique and quirky tendencies repeatedly appear in Jesus’s sayings.
• Gospels record Jesus self-identifying as Son of Man 58 times.
• Gospels record Jesus using parables 37 times.
• Gospels record Jesus using antithetical parallelism ~138 times.
• Gospels record Jesus using antithetical parallelism ~138 times.
• Gospels record Jesus using rhetorical questions ~50 times.
• Gospels record Jesus using the Divine passive 96 times.
• Gospels record Jesus using hyperbole ~16 times.
• Gospels record Jesus using aphoristic formulations 148 times
• Gospels record Jesus using paradox ~12 times.
• Gospels record many “I have come” statements.
The Gospel traditions abounds in material unpalatable to Christians.
• Gospel traditions church-embarrassing things.
• Gospel traditions oft didn’t protect Christians.
• Gospel traditions spew suboptimal content.
• Virtuous-acts of Christian enemies weren’t censored.