but what if the writers were possibly 'padding' the stories? To make Jesus a martyr after his death.
if they were and i choose to believe them i have lost nothing...if they told the truth and i reject it i lose everything

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as Elohim for Yahushua the Messiah's sake hath forgiven you. Ephesians 4:31-32