John's cult.75 The Christians could in this way offer more to the people than could the followers of John.

Then to those who were looking for a great teacher and longed for an authoritative presentation either of God's will or of high ethical ideals, the Christians could present the idea of Jesus, the Spirit-endowed prophet and teacher. This seems to have been one of the objects which the authors of the non-Marcan sources of Matthew and Luke had in mind when they wrote their documents. Again, those who demanded the exhibition of power in their hero-god, and were yearning for help to get rid of the demons of which they were in constant dread, could find satisfaction in the Jesus of Mark, who by the power of the "genius" within him was able to conquer all the evil forces of this world whether visible or invisible. This would particularly attract the Roman type of mind. The conversion of Sergius Paulus76 which was due to the fact that the Spirit in Paul proved stronger than the spirit in the magician is an example of how this conception would appeal to the power-loving Romans. Then the infancy narratives of Matthew and Luke would satisfy those who were familiar with the idea of the supernatural birth of heroes and gods. Again, the conception of Christ as a heavenly being come down from above, assuming human form, teaching men the way to God and to heaven, suffering death and again returning to his heavenly abode, the picture we have portrayed of Jesus in Paul, Hebrews and John, must have powerfully appealed to those who were mystically inclined or given to theological speculation. And to those who could find no satisfaction in this world but looked to the future for their salvation, the picture of Jesus as the heavenly Messiah or as a dying and rising deity would be particularly attractive. It is no wonder that with such a power of adaptation and with the ability to minister to such a large number of classes of people Christianity should have finally triumphed over all her competitors.

75 See especially Acts 19:1-7.

76 Acts 13:4-12.

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