We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ. 1 Corinthians 4:10
The Apostles went to lands where they KNEW they could be martyred - and 11 of them were. You’re calling them stupid?
It is one thing to willingly go where one feels led. It is quite another thing to have someone tell you, YOU have to go.
One has to remember the 100 prophets of God that Obidiah hid from Jezabel (1 Kings 18). Would you call them cowards for not standing up the way Elijah did? In fact God tells Elijah in 1 Kings 19 that He actually had 7,000 hidden that had not bow the knee to Baal.
Sometimes the best offense is defense.