According to the non-canonical Gospel of the Nazarenes, the idea of being baptized by John came from the mother and brothers of Jesus, and Jesus himself, originally opposed, reluctantly accepted it.Jerome, quoting "The Gospel According to the Hebrews" in Dialogue Against Pelagius III:2. Benjamin Urrutia suggests that this version is supported by the criterion of embarrassment, since followers of Jesus would not have invented an episode in which Jesus changes his mind and comes to accept someone else's plan. Plus, the story came from the community that included the family of Jesus, who would have guaranteed the authenticity of the narrative.Guy Davenport and Benjamin Urrutia, The Logia of Yeshua / The Sayings of Jesus (1996), p. 51.
