Complex sentence: Biblical characters took over the functions of the archaic gods and spirits, for example, John Baptist gets some of the features of Vahagn and Tyre, as the archangel Gabriel that of Vahagn.
Split into simpler sentences: Biblical characters took over the functions of the archaic gods and spirits. For example, John the Baptist inherited certain features of Vahagn and Tyre, and the archangel Gabriel that of Vahagn.