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John prepared people for Jesus. He taught them the basics, and baptized them, getting people used to some of the new ideas and changes that Jesus was bringing, and also telling them that he (John) wasn't the Christ, but that he was preparing the way for him.
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∙ 11y agoAccording to Luke's Gospel, they were cousins.
On the other hand, Uta Ranke-Heinemann (Putting Away Childish Things) suggests that Elizabeth was not a real person and that the author of Luke created the story of John's birth. We can look at the evidence to see which of those views is most likely to be correct. Luke's Gospel is known as a 'synoptic' gospel because when laid alongside Mark's Gospel (and Matthew's) and read synoptically ('with the same eye') in the original Greek language, it can be established that Luke was based on Mark. Moreover, the 'Missing Block' demonstrates that where Luke's source was incomplete, he was unable to fill the gap with information from any other source or inspiration. Other evidence shows that Luke was written no earlier than the 90s of the first century.
What this means is that the author of Luke could not have known anything about the life of Jesus other than what he read in Mark, yet he confidently reported private family events that occurred at least a hundred years before the time of writing, providing the only gospel account that related John the Baptist to Jesus. Ranke-Heinemann would seem to have good grounds for assuming that Luke's story of the birth of John the Baptist was not really true, in which case we know nothing about his family except that he was most unlikely to have been related to Jesus.
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∙ 9y agoHe prepared people for Christ's Coming, & he Baptized the Christ.
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∙ 13y agoThe main role of john the baptist was to make the way ready for Jesus by baptizing the people, and also to baptize Jesus Christ.
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∙ 15y agoThey were cousins
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John the Baptist acted as link between the Old Testament and the New Testament
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he thought people about jeasus
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Who was Jesus related to according to Luke's Gospel?
A:According to Luke's Gospel, Jesus was related to John the Baptist. His mother Mary was the cousin of John's mother Elizabeth. There are several reasons to doubt this, including that John's Gospel says that the Baptist did not even know Jesus.
Why John the Baptist was very close to Jesus?
John the baptist then they are cousins.
Who was Jesus' cousin that was beheaded?
John the Baptist (who was actually a second cousin of Jesus') was beheaded.
Were the Apostle John and Jesus related?
No. John the Apostle was one of Jesus's 12 Apostles. Jesus was, however, related to John the Baptist.No Jesus was never related to John the apostle. He was related to John the baptist, as they were both cousins. John the apostle father was named Zebedee, but John the baptists father was a priest called Zechariah.
Is Zechariah and zacharias the same person?
Zacharias was a Levite and was not related to Jesus, who was from the tribe of Judah. Jesus and John the Baptist were related through Zacharia's wife, Elizabeth and Mary, Jesus' mother.
Did Jesus father baptise Jesus?
No, John the Baptist did.
How are Elijah and John the Baptist different from the messiah?
Jesus is God. John the baptist and Elijah are not.
Who was the forerunner for Jesus?
John the Baptist
What did John the Baptist do to Jesus?
Baptized Him.
Jesus was baptised by John the?
Baptist.
Was John the Baptist a disciple of Jesus?
The disciple John was the youngest of the 12 , so he was closer to Jesus.
At the Jordan River what did John the Baptist call Jesus?
John the baptist was his cousin. Although there was an other John people think he is the cousin of Jesus but he was not, but he was a deciple.
