... in the Gospels aren't very Pauline, if at all, to start with.

This deserves to be surprising, since the Gospels date from 40 years or so after the Cross.

It also deserves to suggest to us, their authenticity.

If one spends enough time reading the Synoptics from this POV, those words attributed to Jesus that do bear Paul's fingerprints, wind up standing out like a sore thumb.

P.