In Christianity today, there are many misconceptions by believers about the origins of their faith. While it is accepted that a man named Jesus probably existed and was crucified, after his death Jesus' followers then decided that he was divine. This did not happen immediately and the development of this belief in the Incarnation was gradual and complex: Jesus himself certainly never claimed to be God.

In an early struggle to force the divination of Jesus, the writers of the gospels used deceitful tactics to make Christianity split with Judaism and reveal the specialness of Jesus compared to the traditional faith. It turns out that Jesus' rejection of what person or group of people is wholly inauthentic, and was most likely used by the authors to put their own spin on the story?

A. Simon and the Zealots

B. Judas

C. Scribes and Pharisees

D. Romans and their authority

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