𝑰𝒔 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕’𝒔 𝑩𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒔 𝒐𝒓 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔? 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒔?

 𝐸𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑛𝑜 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑚𝑎𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑛 𝐷𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 25 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑖𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝐽𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑦. 𝐸𝑝𝑖𝑝ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑟, 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛 𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑐ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑐ℎ, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑚𝑎𝑠. 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦, 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑚𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡.

𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑢𝑠, 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑤𝑒 𝑢𝑠𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑚𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐸𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟. 𝐼𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑦. 𝐸𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑠, 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑑, 𝑎𝑛 𝐸𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟-𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝐽𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑔𝑒. 𝐴𝑛 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐽𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑠𝑜𝑜𝑛, 𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑦𝑟𝑑𝑜𝑚 𝑟𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑅𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑔𝑜𝑑𝑠, 𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑜𝑐𝑢𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑠. 𝐴𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑦𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑐ℎ, 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ, 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑏𝑖𝑟𝑡ℎ. 𝐼𝑛 𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑏𝑖𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠, 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒.

𝑂𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑒𝑛, 𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟 (𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑥𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 185-224), ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑏𝑖𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠. 𝐻𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑏𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝑃ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑜ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑏𝑖𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑠, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 ℎ𝑎𝑑 “𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑖𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝑏𝑦 𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑑.” 𝑃ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑜ℎ, 𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑖𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑑𝑎𝑦, ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑒𝑓 𝑏𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑟 (𝐺𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑠 40:20–22), 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑎𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝐽𝑜ℎ𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑡 (𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑘 6:14–29, 𝑀𝑎𝑡𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑤 14:1–12, 𝐿𝑢𝑘𝑒 9:7–9).

𝑂𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑒𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 “𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎 𝑓𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑓𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑖𝑟𝑡ℎ. 𝑁𝑜 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑗𝑜𝑦 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑖𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑟 𝑑𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑟. 𝑂𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑗𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑏𝑖𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑑𝑎𝑦.” 𝐹𝑢𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟, ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑠 “𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑜 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑎 𝑓𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑏𝑖𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑏𝑢𝑡, 𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑜𝑙𝑦 𝑆𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑡, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑎𝑦.” 𝐻𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝐽𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑎ℎ (“𝐶𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑜𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑛,” 𝐽𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑎ℎ 20:14), 𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝐽𝑜𝑏 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐷𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑑 (𝐽𝑜𝑏 3:3–6 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃𝑠𝑎𝑙𝑚 51:5). 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑎 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑏𝑖𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 “𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑠” (𝑛𝑜𝑛-𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑠) 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑, 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑠. “𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑏𝑖𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑠 𝑏𝑖𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑓𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑠,” 𝑂𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑒. 𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒, 𝑏𝑖𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝐽𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑠’ 𝑏𝑖𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑑𝑎𝑦, 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑠.

𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑵𝒆𝒘 𝑻𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝑱𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒔’ 𝒃𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒉. 𝑰𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒆𝒅𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕, 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑵𝒆𝒘 𝑻𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝑷𝒂𝒖𝒍’𝒔 𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝑱𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒔. 𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒔 𝑷𝒂𝒖𝒍 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑱𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒔, 𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒔 𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕.