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John, because if such were the case he would have followed
Jesus and submitted to him like a disciple and a subordinate.
But such was not the case. On the contrary, we find him
preaching baptizing, receiving initiates and disciples, chasti-
zing King Herod, scolding the Jewish hierarchy, and fore-
telling the coming of another Prophet "more powerful" than
himself, without taking the least notice of the presence of his
cousin in Judea or Galilee.
(3) Although the Christian Churches have made of
Jesus Christ a god or son of a god, the fact that he was
circumcised like every Israelite, and baptized by St. John like
an ordinary Jew, proves the case to be just the reverse. The
words interchanged between the Baptist and the baptized in
the River Jordan appear to be an interpolation or a common-
alty for they are contradictory and of a deceptive character.
Jesus and submitted to him like a disciple and a subordinate.
But such was not the case. On the contrary, we find him
preaching baptizing, receiving initiates and disciples, chasti-
zing King Herod, scolding the Jewish hierarchy, and fore-
telling the coming of another Prophet "more powerful" than
himself, without taking the least notice of the presence of his
cousin in Judea or Galilee.
(3) Although the Christian Churches have made of
Jesus Christ a god or son of a god, the fact that he was
circumcised like every Israelite, and baptized by St. John like
an ordinary Jew, proves the case to be just the reverse. The
words interchanged between the Baptist and the baptized in
the River Jordan appear to be an interpolation or a common-
alty for they are contradictory and of a deceptive character.