We're discussing the years immediately following the resurrection.
And no, Jesus never went on a secret mission to Britain;
It was no secret.
nor did he hang out in the Himalayas with the mystics there.
Tell GZ, that's his topic.
His mission was to the Jews and only to the Jews. He said so.
He never mentioned the Gentiles?
Only the armed forces and the political leadership in Rome had even heard of Britain. To postulate that Joseph of Arimathea, given that there is no documented evidence, is his uncle (or granduncle) and led him there on on some sort of mission, is silly on the surface, and simply not documented when one looks at it. Jesus didn't go to Britain; he hung out on the eastern end of the Med with the rabble rousers known as Jews. Which Pilate detested and was eventually convicted of excessive violence against them and exiled to Gaul.
He never mentioned the Gentiles?
Matthew 10: 5 Jesus sent out these twelve 4 after instructing them thus, "Do not go into pagan territory or enter a Samaritan town. 6 Go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Matthew 15: 24 10 He said in reply, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
It was the Apostles and the disciples that were sent to the world. Therefore, Jesus heading out on a mission before Scripture caught up with Him to Britain or anywhere else is ludicrous.
Only the armed forces and the political leadership in Rome had even heard of Britain. To postulate that Joseph of Arimathea, given that there is no documented evidence, is his uncle (or granduncle) and led him there on on some sort of mission, is silly on the surface, and simply not documented when one looks at it. Jesus didn't go to Britain; he hung out on the eastern end of the Med with the rabble rousers known as Jews. Which Pilate detested and was eventually convicted of excessive violence against them and exiled to Gaul.
He never mentioned the Gentiles?
Matthew 10: 5 Jesus sent out these twelve 4 after instructing them thus, "Do not go into pagan territory or enter a Samaritan town. 6 Go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Matthew 15: 24 10 He said in reply, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
It was the Apostles and the disciples that were sent to the world. Therefore, Jesus heading out on a mission before Scripture caught up with Him to Britain or anywhere else is ludicrous.
Since you mentioned me, but failed to ping me after making a snarky comment about me, I’ll make a point here. I’m sure MarkBsnr understands the contrast in the reliability of these so called historical documents. But then to accept JoA myth is to accept the Holy Grail (first appeared in middle ages associated with JoA) and the whole Arthurian mythology (with wizards, boys changing into animals, etc) as facts.