Well, look at it from Jesus's perspective. Last time he was on Earth, Rome was doing public crucifixions. I would think 2021 would offer a lot more possibilities.
That's a difficult perspective. How about I try Gandalf's take on things?
Life 2000 years ago was a very uncertain thing for the wealthy and, for the majority, was a plane of existence that caused many suffering it to look elsewhere for reasons and options. Sadly most of those options only offered post existence solutions.