Monday, September 30, 2024

James F. McGrath on Luke 1:15 and John the Baptist

  

. . . Luke’s assertion (1:15) that Luke never claims about Jesus, may indicate that the Baptist movement did indeed pioneer the idea that John was, if not a celestial being incarnate, one who was connected to the heavenly realm from his conception and thus rightly characterized as “a sprout planted from on high.” (James F. McGrath, John of History, Baptist of Faith: The Quest for the Historical Baptizer [Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2024], )

 

 

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