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CHRIST <strong>vs</strong> KRISHNA - RE-READING SAKES<br />

M. M. NINAN<br />

to Dwarka and by an extraordinary feat of strength kills his uncle by lifting him "by the<br />

hair of his head, and dashing him to the ground, when a more urchin of twelve*<br />

Assuredly this is a metaphor and not a bona fide assertion ! <strong>Christ</strong>'s return to<br />

Jerusalem and his strength of mind even In His minority, in successfully combating in<br />

a controversy of divine law with the Jewish doctors is not a metaphor. The lifting by the<br />

hair of the head on the one hand "by a mere boy? and testing the faculties and<br />

Intellects of the Jewish doctors on the other, also by a mere boy, is a matter of no<br />

small importance.<br />

In regard to any worldly aggrandizement, and any earthly ties, <strong>Christ</strong> must in this<br />

Instance be exclusively excepted, on account of his elevation above all equal<br />

partnership and the universality of His character and mission, which require<br />

community of the redeemed as his bride instead of an individual daughter of Eve.<br />

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