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Between the gospels (Matthew, Mark , Luke and John) "there is enough of a discrepancy to show that there could have been no previous concert among them; and at the same time such substantial agreement as to show that they were all independant narrators of the same great transaction."

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All this means is that they drew upon the same common source material and/or oral tradition. I'm sure you could look up all the early stories about King Arthur and discover something very similar. It's important to realize that these gospels were written 30+ years after the fact. This is more than enough time for legends to grow. In fact, the oldest gospel (Mark) is the simplest and the newest (John) is the most complex. Just what you'd expect of a growing legend.

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The writers had nothing to gain from putting this out there, but they faced persecution because of it. They seem to have written down what they saw and put it out there because they believed it.

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We know they didn't write down what they saw because the gospel writers weren't witnesses. They were recording an oral tradition deacdes (up to almost a century for John) after these events were supposed to have taken place.

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The case for christ, written by Lee Strobel, is full of evidence supporting the belief that Jesus was a real person.

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Lee Strobel is one of the worst writers out there. I suggest that anyone who reads any of his books google any of the numerous rebuttals available online.
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He was an atheist too.

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Not when he wrote that book he wasn't.