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There are a few days of the year, which are in honour of St. John the Baptist, however, the Feast of the Nativity of St. John, is celebrated in Quebec Canada.
Actually, St. John the Baptist is only one of the patron Saints of Freemasonry: the other is St. John the Evangelist. Some theorize that they were chosen because their saint's days are very close to the summer (Baptist) and winter (Evangelist) solstices.
The Beatles sang Eight Days a Week, which was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and released in December 1964.
John the Baptist.Mar 1:9 And it came to pass in those days, that Jesuscame from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.
The song "Eight Days A Week" was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and performed by their group, The Beatles. It is the eighth song on the 1964 album Beatles For Sale.
John the Baptist. Matthew 3:1-3 (ESV) In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the Lord; make his paths straight.'"
Paul got the idea from his chauffeur. On the way to John's house to do some songwriting, Paul asked the driver how he was doing. The driver replied, "I've been working eight days a week." He and John wrote the song that very day.
Mandate of Israel: Yokanan got "John the baptist" name from the gentiles. His name would have looked like this : YOKANAN BEN ??? where ???= his father's name. Sort of like Ethan McDougal: Ethan son of Dougal. The Hebrew word ben means son of. ******************************************** John the Baptist got his name as he went out to baptise the people before Christ arrived.
John Baptist Mary David has written: 'A spiritual retreat of eight days' -- subject(s): Meditations, Spiritual retreats 'Method of mental prayer' -- subject(s): Catholic Church, Conscience, Examination of, Prayer, Meditation, Examination of Conscience 'Defense of the Vindication of the Catholic doctrine concerning the use and veneration of images, the honor and invocation of saints, and the keeping and honoring their relics' -- subject(s): Cult, Doctrines, Saints, Customs and practices, Catholic Church
There are 192 hours in eight days.
His only name was "John" - people in those days didn;t have surnames as we have. This is why Jesus was known as "Jesus of Galilee" - that sort of identity was the only way to distinguish one person from another with the same name. Note of several people are identified as "the son of...", again another way of distinguishing people - and the origin of modern surnames such as Johnson, Jackson, Peterson, etc.
Lee Harvey Oswald was killed by Jack Ruby.