[hopespringseternal]

He probably never heard JC speak. Few did. The words are largely formulaic, as are the events.

That's just a lame thing to say.

Over and over again, academics have sniffed at the gospels and offered scenarios of their own manufacture only to be proven wrong.

Your attitude may make you feel sophisticated, but for anyone with more than a passing familiarity with the subject it is just ignorant.

[Ciexyz]

If this was a Roman bathhouse, would it have also been used by the local populace, or have been reserved exclusively for Roman soldiers?