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Was Jesus an Ancient Magician? - Religion for Breakfast

In John chapter 9, Jesus restores sight to a blind man. Not out of the ordinary for the Galilean miracle worker, but of note here is the method he employs. Jesus spits on the ground, making mud out of the saliva, and then rubs it onto the man’s eyes, before telling him to go and wash it off in the Pool of Siloam.

Unlike other miracles, which Jesus perfor…

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