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likely, for political reasons, to be brought before kings and
rulers for punishment. On the contrary, they had obtained
free access into lands that had long been closed against
them. All of which goes to prove that either the prediction
is folklore or a legendary account of the things of which
Jesus spoke on different occasions. Either he himself had
had but a hazy notion of coming events, or the recorders of
his life, who wrote two centuries after, mixed up hopelessly
different things dealing with different matters.
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SPIRIT AND WITH FIRE
rulers for punishment. On the contrary, they had obtained
free access into lands that had long been closed against
them. All of which goes to prove that either the prediction
is folklore or a legendary account of the things of which
Jesus spoke on different occasions. Either he himself had
had but a hazy notion of coming events, or the recorders of
his life, who wrote two centuries after, mixed up hopelessly
different things dealing with different matters.
Chapter 16
THE "SIBGHATULLAH," OR THE BAPTISM WITH THE HOLY
97
SPIRIT AND WITH FIRE