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When the band sent to capture him first came up to him what did they do?
Matthew and Mark: “They laid hands on him and took him” (Matt. xxvi, 47–50; Mark xiv, 43–46).
John: “They went backward and fell to the ground” (xviii, 3–6).
The Christ: A Critical Review and Analysis of the Evidences of His Existence
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About This Book
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.