Note 72 — V THE BIRTH OF THE MESSIAH. THE BAPTISM
C. Delisle Burns translation
Thus Mithras also was said to have been born on the bank of a river, just as Jesus received baptism in or near the Jordan. On this account “the Rock-born” was usually represented with a torch in his left and a sword or knife in his right hand (Cumont, “Myst. d. Mithra,” 97). This recalls to mind the words of Jesus in Matt. x. 34: “I came not to send peace, but a sword.” ↑