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sons of Jonah and of Zebedee in the list of his disciples is
totally strange to the other Evangelists (Luke vi 1-11). The
four Gospels of the Trinitarian Churches contain many
contradictory statements about the intercourse between
the two cousin John Prophets. In the Fourth Gospel we
read that the Baptist did not know who Jesus (pbuh) was
until after his baptism, when a Spirit like a pigeon came
down and dwelt in him (John i); whereas St. Luke tells us
that the Baptist, while a foetus in the womb of his mother,
knew and worshipped Jesus (pbuh) , who was also a younger
foetus in the womb of Mary (Luke i. 44). Then, again,
we are told that the Baptist while in prison, where he was
beheaded (Matt. xi. xiv), did not know the real nature of
the mission of Jesus (pbuh) !

There is a mysterious indication hidden in the questions
put to the Prophet Yahya by the Priests and the Levites.
They ask the Baptist “Art thou Messiah? Art thou Elijah?”
And when he answers “No!” they say: “If thou art neither
the Messiah, nor Elijah, and nor that Prophet, why then
dost thou baptize?” (John i). It will therefore be noticed
that, according to the Fourth Gospel, John the Baptist (pbuh)
was neither the Messiah not Elijah, not that Prophet! And I
venture to ask the Christian Churches, who believe that the
inspirer of all these contradictory statements is the Holy
Ghost -i.e. the third of the three gods- whom did those
Jewish Priests and the levites mean by “and that Prophet”?
And if you pretend not to know whom the Hebrew clergy
meant, do your popes and patriarchs know who “and that
Prophet” is? If not, than what is the earthly use of these
spurious and interpolated Gospels? If, on the contrary, you
do know who that Prophet is, then why do you keep silent?

In the above quotation (John i) it is expressly stated
that the Baptist said he was not a Prophet, whereas
Jesus (pbuh) is reported to have said, “no men born of
women were ever greater than John” (Matt. xi). Did