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WHY WAS JESUS BAPTIZED BY HIS COUSIN JOHN???
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 14111922:MV8yMjIzMzA4XzM3Njg2MjAwXzI2N0Q4ODBB] [quote:Anonymous Coward 38678294:MV8yMjIzMzA4XzM3Njg2MDM4X0Y4Nzk1] Josephus writes of a Jesus that was crucified but long after the events in the "gospels" say things took place. [/quote] No Jesephus never mentions the name Jesus. He wrote it in Greek and the greek term he used was Kristous which means Anointed one. An Egyptian Pharaoh would also fit that description as every Pharaoh was anointed by the King's Court upon coronation as ruler of Egypt. Kristous could mean a lot of different people who have had oil poured over their body. The word Jesus was never invented until Ieosus was translated from Greek to English in 1381 CE. [/quote]
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I don't understand the story of Jesus being baptized by his cousin John the Baptist??
so Jesus cousin John, was a crazy man hermit like a hippie and lived in the wilderness forest eating wild mushrooms and dressed in sackcloth.
so he never went to town or hanged around normal people.
He had unkept long hair and was going around talking to himself and preaching to passers by.
so Jesus went to pay him a visit and John got Jesus to dunk in the river Jordan and baptized him in the name of the father, the son and the Holy spirit.
then a dove appeared in the sky just like the one appeared to Noah after the flood, and the dove spoke and said Jesus is my son, listen to what he says.
so what does all this story supposed to represent?
what does it mean that we have to be baptized, when most people do not know this and go thru life unbaptized ??
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