CHAPTER II.

BAPTISM AND TEMPTATION OF JESUS.

§ 49. Why did Jesus receive baptism from John? 237 50. The scene at the baptism of Jesus considered as supernatural, and as natural 239 51. An attempt at a criticism and mythical interpretation of the narratives 242 52. Relation of the supernatural at the baptism of Jesus to the supernatural in his conception 247 53. Place and time of the temptation of Jesus. Divergencies of the evangelists on this subject 249 54. The history of the temptation conceived in the sense of the evangelists 252 55. The temptation considered as a natural occurrence either internal or external; and also as a parable 255 56. The history of the temptation as a mythus 259