He was certainly only a poor camel-dealer, but he knew something.

The story of the whale! The Galilean said that, just as the whale cast up Jonah after three days, so would He come forth from His grave three days after His death.

The man had also said that He would destroy Solomon's Temple, which had taken forty-seven years to build, and rebuild it in three days.

Other witnesses could be found to testify to these things.
Some considered, however, that these stories were empty exaggerations, and nothing more.
"They are blasphemy," exclaimed Caiaphas.

"Everything He says has a hidden meaning.