I would go with the crazy John theory (although it wasn't John the Baptist-he was killed by king Herod when Jesus was still alive). I mean, the romans put the guy in a vat of boiling oil. His whole body was covered in scar tissue instead of skin. He had to have been at least a little nuts.
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