That is, he did none of the things that might make it easy to cry foul, to put down the whole story as a pious fable. Quite the contrary. In his own reported words, he was convinced at first that what had happened couldn't have been real.
Es decir, no hizo ninguna de las cosas que harían fácil decir que es falso, que haría de la historia una fábula piadosa. Todo lo contrario. En sus propias palabras divulgadas, estaba convencido al principio de que lo sucedido no podía haber sido real.