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>John the Baptist was six months older than Jesus when Herod made the decision to kill every male baby under the age of two for fear that a child from this age group would grow up and become King of the Jews and therefore displace him as King. Zacharias and Elizabeth the parents of John lived in the vicinity of Jerusalem which meant John was at risk of being murdered himself. Elizabeth stole John away and escaped to a mountainous area of Israel where he grew up in the wilderness and was raised on locusts and wild honey as his staple diet. John's father, Zacharias, was murdered by order of Herod near the alter in the Temple because he refused to disclose the whereabouts of his son(Matthew 23:35).>
The Zacarias son of Berechias was NOT the father of John The Baptist, it was Zechariah in the Old Testament.
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∙ 13y agoActually, to avoid confusion, it might be better to call him "John the Baptizer." Even though "John the Baptist" is a correct term, it can confuse people who are familiar with those Christians who call them selves "Baptists". Christian Baptists go back in history to about 1609, long after John the Baptizer was gone.
John started his ministry before Jesus and ended his ministry before Jesus. Since John was a few months older than Jesus, that meant that he ended his ministry perhaps around the age of 33. Unfortunately, we don't know exactly when he started.
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∙ 13y agoJohn the baptist started his ministry , early to fulfill the prophesies.
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∙ 12y agoThe land of Judea is wilderness land,and The Bible says he preached to thepeople and baptized them in the river Jordan. He also ate locusts and wild honey was his diet.
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∙ 12y agoWe do not know how long he was in the desert but it was probably a matter of years, not days.
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Roman Catholic AnswerNo, John the Baptist did not carry a physical cross, but like every follower of Our Blessed Lord, he had his cross to bear. In John the Baptist's case, his cross was Herod who ended up executing him.
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