Interesting theory about the original gospels and revisions and additions. I tend to think as above that the sweat was just described as falling "like blood" in droplets, as if there was a bleeding cut, and not that he was bleeding through his pores whether or not severe anguish causes such a rare physical condition.
The other thing that remains mysterious about the gospels and it's various versions is the belief of some that both John and Paul were among those who were not to die but would survive through the centuries until Jesus returned. John and Paul are the largest contributors to the NT. So I believe, though they existed in an underground society after they outlived their reasonable old age, is that they made enough copies or whatever to basically assure a consistent NT when it would begin to be copied again. Some of the variations might have been added later authoritatively, therefore, and perhaps is a check against finding the original copied origin (i.e. say there were copies being made of the letters and gospels and for some reason there was a need to trace a copy so a varying verse was added or omitted. Later on, you could tell where the copy came from..??)
As far as the other gospels and what they say about Jesus being married an all that, it's a moot point since they contradict the current gospels and so you have to dismiss one or the other. But the "Da Vinci Code" and the focus on the Knights Templar and Priory of Sion is quite interesting since we know that Russell used the KNIGHTS TEMPLAR emblem on the front of the Watchtower, did he not?
Now it's obvious to me that even if he claimed not to be a Freemason officially, that if there were some out there who were secret members of an underground Knights of Templar society they would come into the WTS organization as a cover organization if the symbols were right there on the front of the Watchtower! Of course, the winged disk as well was a sign of secret cultic goings on for the organization. But I think there is a twist to all this:
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR AND HOLY GRAIL: Obviously this organization did exist and allegedly amassed lots of money and apparently there were secret documents involved and the idea of the bloodline of Jesus going on. But I think that probably it was known in some circles that John had not died and was surviving along with Jesus' mother, Mary! Jesus told John to take care of his mother. We presume until she would have died, but maybe this is the Bible telling us that Mary would not ever die and since John was chosen not to die as well, he was assigning the care of his mother to John! Thus you have two people with the same lineage as Jesus (John was the cousin of Jesus through the same line as Mary) allegedly still alive, allegedly carrying papers confirming their lineage and who knows what else they thought would be valuable to show up in these last days to combat lots of false testimony? This might explain the quest for the Holy Grail was really a quest to find the original John and Mary. As explained by Brown in "The DaVinci Code", John in the "Last Supper" by DaVicinci is shown to be very effeminate and the Grail was said to be this chalice that Jesus gave to John at the Last Supper, later used to gather the blood of Jesus on the cross. But this is just allegory that John carried the royal blood and he was still alive. Thus the search for the Holy Grail is not for Mary Magdalene, which is just a cover, it's actually for John himself who was had been substituted historically by Mary Magdalene.
Question is, were the Knights of Templar dedicated to preserving and keeping safe John and Mary or destroying them? Thus was the WATCHTOWER's use of Knights of Templar symbolism a sign for many of the surviving ones from the 1st century to find safe haven in the WTS organization, which did end up being God's chosen organization, or perhaps a sign that this organization would secretly be used to try and find and destroy John and Mary and whatever documents they may have preserved? Brown's book was about these documents allegedly being exposed finally and the Catholic Church trying to suppress it or whatever. After reading the book I was amazed that some of the beliefs of the Knights of Templar, particularly being anti-Catholic were very much the same as the Knights of Templar believed, likely an origin of those beliefs. But so many other pagan beliefs associated with goddess worship clouds the issue. I tend to think the latter, that the organization was corrupted by some form of the secret Knights Templar or Freemasonry related members who themselves might believe that John and Mary still exist and would like to find them, thus the true search for the HOLY GRAIL, SANG REAL (BLOOD ROYAL) is for the original John and Mary who carry the royal bloodline of Jesus, and not Mary Magdalene and her children, though that's an interesting cover twist. And that's a twist for two reasons: 1) Because the NT gospels says that Jesus was unmarried, and 2) Because Jesus was a EUNUCH and in love with his cousin John. John was the love of his life...another man. Do I need to elaborate? So basically the Mary Magdalene connection is way off base. Jesus was called the "Nazarene" because it relates to "Branch Town" or "Twig Town" which is a sly reference to his being considered a "twig" or a eunuch, otherwise in modern times, a person of "gay" persuasion, though obviously not a practicing homosexual, but a man not attracted to women as most straight men would be. Certainly, it will be interesting if John and Mary show up with documents in hand would it not, preserved from the 1st century? And why not?!!! Why wouldn't Jesus figure out that maybe some original documents would be necessary during the last days to dispel an aggressive counter-christ movement with all kinds of fabricated documents and whatnot? Among those, a couple of original versions of the gospels.
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