The Christ: A Critical Review and Analysis of the Evidences of His Existence

by John E. Remsburg

Mark: “Is not this the carpenter?” ([vi, 3].)

Matthew: “Is not this the carpenter’s son?” ([xiii, 55].)

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When Herod heard of his wonderful works, what did he say?

“This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead” ([Matthew xiv, 2]).

Here, early in Christ’s ministry, the tetrarch of Galilee is represented as entertaining the Christian doctrine of a bodily resurrection.

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When and for what reason was John beheaded?