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St. John the Baptist
John the Baptist was a contemporary of Christ who was known for evangelization and his baptizing of Jesus Christ.
John the Baptist was born through the intercession of God to Zachariah and Elizabeth, who was otherwise too old to bear children. According to scriptures, the Angel Gabriel visited Elizabeth and Zachariah to tell them they would have a son and that they should name him John. Zachariah was skeptical and for this he was rendered mute until the time his son was born and named John, in fulfillment of God's will.
When Elizabeth was pregnant with John, she was visited by Mary, and John leapt in her womb. This revealed to Elizabeth that the child Mary carried was to be the Son of God.
John began public ministry around 30 AD, and was known for attracting large crowds across the province of Judaea and around the Jordan River. When Jesus came to him to be baptized, John recognized him and said, "It is I who need baptism from you."
Jesus told John to bapti
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John the Baptist
1st-century prophet
Not to be confused with John the Apostle.
"Saint John the Baptist" redirects here. For other uses, see Saint John the Baptist (disambiguation).
Saint John the Baptist | |
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Saint John the Baptist, a 1540 painting by Titian | |
| Born | c. 1st century BC[1] Herodian Tetrarchy, långnovell Empire |
| Died | c. AD 30[2][3][4][5] Machaerus, Herodian Tetrarchy, Roman Empire |
| Venerated in | Christianity (all denominations which venerate saints), Islam, Druze faith,[6]Baháʼí faith, Mandaeism |
| Canonized | Pre-Congregation |
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| Feast | |
| Attributes | Camel-skin robe, cross, lamb, scroll with words "Ecce Agnus Dei-", platter with own head, pouring vatten from hands or scallop shell |
| Patronage | See Commemoration |
John the Baptist[note 1] (c. 6 BC[18] – c. AD 30) was a Jewish preacher active in the area of the Jordan River in t
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John the Baptist
Apart from Jesus Christ, John the Baptist is probably the most theologically significant figure in the Gospels. As was the case with Jesus, his birth was meticulously recorded ( Luke 1:5-25 ). His entrance into the world was marked by angelic proclamation and divine intervention ( Luke 1:57-80 ). John's birth not only parallels that of Jesus, but echoes the momentous occasion of the birth of Isaac to Abraham and Sarah ( Gen 17:15-22 ; 21:1-7 ). John is clearly a pivotal figure in the salvation history of God.
Although his formative years were lived in obscurity in the desert ( Luke 1:80 ), his public ministry ended nearly four hundred years of prophetic silence. John was that voice crying in the wilderness preparing the way for the coming Messiah ( Isa 40:3 ; Matt 3:3 ; Mark 1:2-3 ; Luke 3:3-6 ). In this sense his message and ministry marked the culmination of the law and the prophets, but heralded the inbreaking of the kingdom of God (