Did John the Baptist have kids?

Answer 1

John's birth was miraculous in that his mother Elizabeth had been barren (unable to conceive), and both she and his father Zacharias were well beyond normal childbearing years when John was born (Luke 1:7). Scripture gives no indication that they had any children other than John.

Answer 2

John the Baptist was an only child.
No he did not.
John was the only child of Elizabeth and Zachary. In fact, Elizabeth was well beyond child bearing years when she gave irth to John.

Answer 3

Yes, Jesus' mother Mary and John's mother Elizabeth, were cousins. (Luke Chapter 1 Verses 39- 44)

Answer

We don't know for sure, but even though they were second cousins, indications are that they didn't know each other very well while they were growing up.

Answer 4

Luke's Gospel says that John the Baptist was born miraculously to Elizabeth in her old age, and that she had not borne any previous children. This would mean that John did not have any brothers or sisters.

The problem is that only the author of Luke's Gospel seems to have known anything about John's infancy or been aware of a family relationship between Jesus and John the Baptist, if such a relationship existed. Even the name of John's mother raises doubts as to the historicity of events that supposedly occurred many decades before Luke was written. John Shelby Spong (Born of a Woman) says he is suspicious because Elizabeth in Hebrew would be Elisheba', a name that appears only once in the Old Testament, as the wife of Aaron, brother of Moses. Luke 1:5 describes Elizabeth as the daughter of Aaron, so the author must have had Aaron and Moses in mind when he wrote his Gospel.

Until the historicity of this part of Luke's Gospel is resolved, we must acknowledge we really know nothing about the family of John the Baptist, including whether he had any brothers.

Answer 5

in john ch.1vers 42 jesus said you are simon son of john

Answer 6

No. John the Baptist was not married and had no children.

Answer 7

John the Baptist didn't have any children because he never had a love affair or marry.

Answer 8

There's no indication in Scripture that John the Baptist ever had a wife or children. The nature of his mission as a prophet, baptizer and herald of Jesus precluded a "family life" for John.

Answer 9

No jhon da baptist had no sister but it was said he had a brother by the name of philip who herod killed

Answer 10

No, or if he did, it was never mentioned in The Bible.