‘Jesus is Jesus,don’t try to be like Him,’Pastor dies attempting to emulate Jesus’ 40-day fast.

A 39-year-old pastor from Mozambique died on Wednesday after attempting to mimic Jesus Christ’s biblical feat of fasting for 40 days straight without food and water.

Francisco Barajah, the founder of the Santa Trindade Evangelical Church and a French teacher in the town of Messica, had fasted for 25 days before he was rushed to hospital by his relatives and followers owing to his deteriorating health.

Arriving at the health facility, Barajah was diagnosed with acute anaemia and organ failure. He is reported to have lost so much weight that he could not even stand up.

However,BBC reports that Efforts to rehydrate the pastor with serums and liquid foods proved futile as he passed away a few hours after being admitted to the health facility.The late pastor’s religious flock said that it was common for him to fast but not for such long periods of time.

Marques Manuel Barajah, the brother to the deceased, however, maintained that his brother passed away owing to low blood pressure.

Article By Suzy Nyongesa.