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The best place to look is the people who knew him best. The early church.

That opens a can of worms. Saint Irene Ignatious of Antioch is one of the founding fathers of Christianity, yet he writes about his trip to visit Jesus in Afghanistan. He attempted to talk Jesus into returning to lead the church founded in his name. Jesus refused.

When you follow that lead, you find that Jesus died an old man of 100 in India. He was wed to Mari and had many children. The decendants of his followers, still to this day, pilgrimage to his tomb every year.
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There is absolutely no reason to believe that was written by St. Ignatious.

Paul described the gnostics and warned of such in his writings.

This is as phony as your 17% early American statistic.

Here's what Ignatious actually wrote. From his epistle to the Ephesians

CHAPTER XVI.--THE FATE OF FALSE TEACHERS.

Do not err, my brethren. Those that corrupt families shall not inherit the kingdom of God. If, then, those who do this as respects the flesh have suffered death, how much more shall this be the case with any one who corrupts by wicked doctrine the faith of God, for which Jesus Christ was crucified! Such an one becoming defiled [in this way], shall go away into everlasting fire, and so shall every one that hearkens unto him.

CHAPTER XVII.--BEWARE OF FALSE DOCTRINES.

For this end did the Lord suffer the ointment to be poured upon His head, that He might breathe immortality into His Church. Be not ye anointed with the bad odour of the doctrine of the prince of this world; let him not lead you away captive from the life which is set before you. And why are we not all prudent, since we have received the knowledge of God, which is Jesus Christ? Why do we foolishly perish, not recognising the gift which the Lord has of a truth sent to us?