Many of the 9 confessors claimed the water had changed temperature.

9人中不少认为是水的温度发生了改变。

However of the confessors only 20% thought they had the healthier heart.

而承认的9人中只有20%认为自己有健康的心脏。

Confessors became somewhat of like charismatic authority figures in the early church.

在早期教会里，忏悔神父变成一个充满人格魅力的,权威人物。

The number of innocent confessors jumps when various interrogation techniques are added to the mix.

当采用多种询问手段时，无辜供述者的数目会大量增加。

Confessors, that is, people who are condemned to martyrdom but not martyred, also become especially important, as figures who are considered to be closer to God.

忏悔神父就是，那些被判刑要殉道，但没有殉道成功的人，他们也变成很重要的人，他们被视为更接近上帝的人。

Meanwhile the confessors tried to tell a lie back to the experimenter (seems only fair!), but privately the majority acknowledged they were deceiving themselves.

同时承认者试图回过头来欺骗实验者(看起来很公平，不是吗？)，但在私下里承认在欺骗自己。