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can be determined and appreciated by his work. We are
absolutely ignorant of the number of persons converted
through the sermons and purified by the baptism of John.
Nor are we informed with regard to the effect of that con-
version upon the attitude of the penitent Jews towards the
"Lamb of God!"
Christ is said to have declared that John the Baptist was
the reincarnation of the Prophet Elijah (Matt. xi. 14, xvii.
12; Luke i. 17), whereas John expressly told the Jewish de-
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putation that he was not Elijah, nor Christ, nor that Prophet
(John i).
Now can one, from these Gospels full of statements op-
absolutely ignorant of the number of persons converted
through the sermons and purified by the baptism of John.
Nor are we informed with regard to the effect of that con-
version upon the attitude of the penitent Jews towards the
"Lamb of God!"
Christ is said to have declared that John the Baptist was
the reincarnation of the Prophet Elijah (Matt. xi. 14, xvii.
12; Luke i. 17), whereas John expressly told the Jewish de-
81
putation that he was not Elijah, nor Christ, nor that Prophet
(John i).
Now can one, from these Gospels full of statements op-