john the baptist

     

Saint John the Baptist (lat. Sanctus Ioannes Baptista), ied c. 30, was a Jewish preacher and ascetic. He drew large crowds on the banks of the River Jordan, demanding from them repentance and baptism in view of the imminent coming of the Kingdom of God.Jesus was one of those whom he baptized. He was killed by Herod Antipas, whom he had denounced for his marriage. The historian Josephus writes that Herod had John killed for fear that John might raise a rebellion.Jesus' own ministry followed John's, and some of Jesus' early followers had been followers of John. John, like Jesus, preached at a time of political, social, and religious conflict (see Cultural and historical background of Jesus), and he prophesied that fire was coming to destroy the wicked.

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  • This baptizer was said to be “clothed with camel’s hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins”
  • Zechariah, father of this forerunner of Christ, lost his voice for doubting God's word
  • (Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands in flowing water in Israel.) The book of Mark recounts how believers, including Jesus, were baptized in the Jordan River by this man
  • When this man "saw many of the Pharisees ... come to his baptism, he said unto them, o generation of vipers"
  • If his mother had listened to friends & named him after his father, he would be Zechariah the Baptist
  • By the end of "Salome" this character has lost his head
  • Mark 6:29 reports that his disciples collected his headless body & laid it in a tomb
  • In Matthew chapter 3, he preached, "Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand"
  • "I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh"
  • Herodias' daughter said, "Give me here" his "head in a charger"
  • When Herod said he'd give his stepdaughter anything, she asked for his head on a platter
  • Andrea Solari dished up the painting of this saint seen here
  • This man said "I have baptized you with water, but He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost"
  • This man was imprisoned after denouncing Herod Antipas for marrying Herodias, his brother's wife
  • When Herodias' burlesque-dancing daughter said she wanted to get ahead, she meant the head of this man
  • In Luke, he is quoted as saying, "I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh"
  • In a Strauss opera, Salome really wants to get ahead -- unfortunately, it's this man's head
  • June 24: This man who had a good head on his shoulders before he met Salome
  • Verrocchio's only surviving work in precious metal is a silver relief of "The Beheading of" this man
  • It was Charlton Heston's role in "The Greatest Story Ever Told"
  • The people of San Juan, Puerto Rico lose their heads celebrating June 24, this saint's feast day
  • A Michigan realtor claimed that this New Testament man (& his head) appeared to him 30 times between 1927 & 1933
  • Matthew 14:"Give me here" this man's "head in a charger"
  • Herod thought that Jesus was this man "whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead"
  • His was the "voice of one crying in the wilderness"
  • This man's diet of locusts & wild honey led some to think he was possessed
  • Jesus said "Among those born of women there is not a greater prophet than" this man of the wilderness
  • In the N.T., Gabriel appears to Zacharias & tells him that his wife Elizabeth will give birth to this person
  • The headliner at the San Silvestro in Rome's Capite Church is the reputed head of this saint; bring it to me!
  • Elizabeth demanded that her son not be called Zacharias but this
  • This prophet's hobbies included dunking people in the river & dining on locusts & wild honey

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  • Q: What do Winnie the Pooh and John the Baptist have in common? A: The same middle name.
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  • Matthew11:12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and men of violence take it by force.
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  • John the baptist found his purpose written in the prophet Isaiah's scroll. John 1:23.
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  • RT @MichaelJBrinker: Prophetic reformers are coming out violently like John the Baptist that separate the holy from the profane!They will p…
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  • RT @MatthewBarter: Evening service at the Anglican Cathedral of St. John The Baptist. #Religion #Newfoundland @AnglicanENL
  • Prophetic reformers are coming out violently like John the Baptist that separate the holy from the profane!They will prepare a people!
  • @WISESTMILK Looool feeling like John the Baptist right now
  • [John the Baptist] will go before [Christ] with the Spirit and the power of Elijah. -Luke 2:17mg
  • Ugly men doing ugly things. (Stealing the bones of John the Baptist, to burn them.) Yates Thom 13 f 109r @BLMedieval
  • "Salome with the Head of John the Baptist" (1607), Caravaggio (Italia) - Barroco
  • RT @_Black_Swag: @256jeremy, @PWILLIE1 and @TrentShelton are the modern day Peter, Paul and John the Baptist!Can we get them at the Georgia…
  • as leaders, look at example of john the baptist: while he could have grabbed glory for himself, he directs everyone to Jesus. john 1:19-34
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