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Was he led, or driven by the spirit into the wilderness?
Matthew and Luke: “Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness” (Matt. iv, 1; Luke iv, 1).
Mark: “And immediately the spirit driveth him into the wilderness” (i, 12).
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A skeptical, systematic critique argues that the Christ of the New Testament is a constructed myth rather than a reliably attested historical person. It assesses the silence of contemporary writers, the anonymous and late character of the gospels, and the contradictions within infancy narratives, ministry accounts, crucifixion, and resurrection reports. The author evaluates the moral portrait and teachings attributed to the figure and traces parallels with older pagan religions and divinities as possible sources of the myth. The conclusion asserts that supernatural claims lack sufficient historical support and that veneration rests on literary and theological fabrication rather than firm documentary evidence.
Was he led, or driven by the spirit into the wilderness?
Matthew and Luke: “Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness” (Matt. iv, 1; Luke iv, 1).
Mark: “And immediately the spirit driveth him into the wilderness” (i, 12).