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Nazarene, and thought him for a moment to be the Last
Great Prophet of Allah, and consequently shrank from
baptizing him; and that it was only when Jesus confessed his
own identity that he consented to baptize him.
(4) The fact that John while in prison sent his disciples
to Jesus, asking him: "Art thou that Prophet who is to come,
or shall we expect another one?" clearly shows that the
Baptist did not know the gift of prophecy in Jesus until he
heard - while in the prison - of his miracles. This testi-
mony of St. Matthew (xi. 3) contradicts and invalidates that
of the Fourth Gospel (John i), where it is stated that the
Baptist, on seeing Jesus, exclaimed: "Behold the Lamb of
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God that taketh away (or bears) the sin of the world!" The
Great Prophet of Allah, and consequently shrank from
baptizing him; and that it was only when Jesus confessed his
own identity that he consented to baptize him.
(4) The fact that John while in prison sent his disciples
to Jesus, asking him: "Art thou that Prophet who is to come,
or shall we expect another one?" clearly shows that the
Baptist did not know the gift of prophecy in Jesus until he
heard - while in the prison - of his miracles. This testi-
mony of St. Matthew (xi. 3) contradicts and invalidates that
of the Fourth Gospel (John i), where it is stated that the
Baptist, on seeing Jesus, exclaimed: "Behold the Lamb of
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God that taketh away (or bears) the sin of the world!" The