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Where St John the Baptist die?
According to the jewish historian Flavius Josephus, John the Baptist's beheading took place in the fortress of Machaerus.
What rhymes with Hogwarts?
Measly! It means... a. contemptibly small, meager, or slight: They paid mea measly fifteen dollars for a day's work.b. wretchedly bad or unsatisfactory: a measlyperformance.from dictionary.com
Where was John the Baptist beheaded?
The location is not specified in the Bible, but according to Josephus it was at the Fortress of Machaerus near the Dead Sea.AnswerAlthough the gospels do not actually say so, John the Baptist must have been beheaded in Galilee, north of Israel, since this is described as happening at a party for the leading men of Galilee on the occasion of Herod Antipas' birthday (Mark 6:21). Herod would scarcely have demanded that the lords and high captains treck on foot or donkey all the way down to the lonely castle of Macherus just for a party.However, Josephus does make it clear that John was imprisoned and executed in Macherus, which is to the east of the Dead Sea. Josephus confirms that the reason for John's arrest was his public criticism of Herod Antipas' marriage to his own brother's former wife. The wedding took place in 34 CE and Antipas ordered John to be executed in 35 or 36 CE, out of fear that he was stirring the Jews up for rebellion. The relevant text from Book 18 of Antiquities of the Jews:"Now many people came in crowds to him, for they were greatly moved by his words. Herod, who feared that the great influence John had over the masses might put them into his power and enable him to raise a rebellion (for they seemed ready to do anything he should advise), thought it best to put him to death. In this way, he might prevent any mischief John might cause, and not bring himself into difficulties by sparing a man who might make him repent of it when it would be too late. Accordingly John was sent as a prisoner, out of Herod's suspicious temper, to Macherus, the castle I already mentioned, and was put to death."
When did John the Baptist became a saint?
When the mother of Jesus Christ went to visit Elizabeth and told her that she was with child the babe within Elizabeth "Leaped within her womb" John, even before he was born received a knowledge that the Christ was soon to be born, and the it was he who was to prepare the way for his coming.
Why in did the Jews leave Palestine in the year 132 CE?
In the Spring of 66 AD, the Jews of Roman Judea had had enough of Roman intolerance and rose up in rebellion against the excesses of the procurator Gessius Florus. Without any apparently plan or organized leadership, Rebels seized control of Jerusalem (Hierosolyma) section by section, and then finally massacred the sole cohort of Roman infantry left behind by Florus as a garrison. A relief army of 30,000 under Cestius Gallus, the Roman Governor of Syria, quickly quashed resistance in northern Judea and then marched on Jerusalem, assaulting the walls for eight days and seriously demoralizing the defenders before withdrawing (presumably because his army was proving unreliable and he lacked a seige train to conduct seige operations). Gallus retired to Beth-Horon, where the rejuvenated rebels attacked him, inflicting a heavy defeat. Realizing that the die was irreparably cast for war, the Jewish aristocrat and priest classes quickly organized the country, dividing it into eleven administrative districts, each with its own commander and small army. Unfortunately for their cause, the divided Jewish forces were unable to coordinate their operations or come to each for mutual support. The Emperor Nero responded to news of Gallus' defeat by dispatching Vespasian to command the three legions and auxiliaries (nearly 60,000 men) already enroute to suppress the rebellion. The Romans successfully beseiged Jotapata and then marched to the port of Caesarea, where they met Vespasian, who lead them across country to Tiberias and Gamala. This campaign successfully secured the Galilee by the close of 67 AD. Roman successes prompted internal dissension among the Jewish leaders, leading the fanatical Zealots under John and their allies, the Idumaean Jews of southern Judea, to overthrow the aristocrats and seize control of Jerusalem. Later, Simon and his bandits entered the city and contested the Zealots' control, making life doubly difficult for the aristocrats and priests. Vespasian then moved southward in a multi-pronged campaign that resulted in the recapture of Gadara, Jericho and Emmaus, thus successfully isolating the Jewish rebels at Jerusalem by the close of 68 AD. Before he could complete the campaign, however, Nero was overthrown and Vespasian was proclaimed emperor by his eastern legions in July 69 AD. Shortly thereafter, he departed for Rome, leaving his son Titus in command of operations. Titus then moved on Jerusalem, which in September 70 AD, after a seven month seige. The Herodian temple and much of the city was razed, captives were shipped off to the gladiatorial games or Roman mines, and John and Simon were captured and sent to Rome to participate in Vespasian's Triumph, after which Simon was executed. The fall of Jerusalem marked the effective end of the Jewish Revolt (and this period in the DBA army list), however mop-up operations continued for the next four years under the generals Lucilius Bassus and Flavius Silva against fanatical bands of rebels who holed up in fortresses at Herodium, Machaerus and Masada in the south of Judea. Masada was the last to fall (Spring 74 AD). After the Romans had completed extensive preparations for an assault against the rocky citadel, Masada's defenders committed mass suicide rather than risk falling into Roman hands. The second Jewish Revolt (132-135 AD) was prompted by the Emperor Hadrian, who during his travels through Judea in 130 AD indulged himself in several provocations, including a decree banning circumcism, construction of a tomb to Pompey (who had desecrated the Temple of Yahweh in Jersusalem in 63 BC) and the pronouncement that he would rebuild Jerusalem as the Roman city Aeolia Capitolina, including construction of a temple to Jupiter Capitolinus on the site of Herod's temple. Apparently designed to provoke a reaction, Hadrian's actions certainly did not sit well with the natives, who promptly revolted under the leadership of Simon Bar Kokhba. Little is recorded of the rebellion, despite the fact that it was fiercely fought and lasted approximately three and a half years before the Roman army under Julius Serverus was able to bring Bar Kokhba to bay in a fortress near Jerusalem. Jewish annals record that 50 forts and 985 villages were destroyed and that 580,000 Jews were killed during the course of the war. The Romans for their part were reputed to have lost the legio XXII Deiotariana. In the rebellion's aftermath, Hadrian permanently banned Jews from setting foot in Jerusalem and then rebuilt the city as a Roman colony.
Where was John the Baptist imprisoned?
Machaerus .AnswerAccording to the Gospels, it would seem that John the Baptist was imprisoned in Galilee, because he was executed at the request of the daugher of Herodias during a birthday party for Herod Antipas, who was most reluctant to have John killed. Mark 6:21 says that the high captains and chief lords of Galilee had been invited to that party, so it must have been held in Galilee itself. Herod would not have demanded that they trek on foot or by donkey all the way to the remote castle of Macherus, east of the Dead Sea.The account of the first-century Jewish historian Josephus differs in that John was imprisoned in the castle of Macherus and that it was the intention of Herod to execute John as quickly as possible, lest he foment a rebellion among the Jews. The chronology provided by Josephus indicates that the execution must have taken place in 35 or early 36 CE. The relevant text from Book 18 of Antiquities of the Jews:"Now many people came in crowds to him, for they were greatly moved by his words. Herod, who feared that the great influence John had over the masses might put them into his power and enable him to raise a rebellion (for they seemed ready to do anything he should advise), thought it best to put him to death. In this way, he might prevent any mischief John might cause, and not bring himself into difficulties by sparing a man who might make him repent of it when it would be too late. Accordingly John was sent as a prisoner, out of Herod's suspicious temper, to Macherus, the castle I already mentioned, and was put to death."
How was John the Baptist martyred?
AnswerKing Herod was fooled into ordering his head on a platter. He was thus killed by beheading. This terrible event is recorded in the New Testament Gospels of Matthew 14:1-12, Mark 6:14-29 and Luke 9:7-9.AnswerAccording to the gospels, John the Baptist was arrested and held in prison early in the mission of Jesus, probably around 29 CE. Herod Antipas' wife, Herodias, had a quarrel with John the Baptist and would have killed him if she could but, at a royal party in Galilee for the senior men of the kingdom, told her daughter to ask for his head on a platter. On this view, John was beheaded, although Herod would have allowed him to live.We have one other source of information on John the Baptist. The Jewish historian Josephus said that Herod Antipas had the Baptist killed in quite different circumstances and several years later than the gospel story would allow, because he disapproved of Antipas' marriage to his own brother's wife, who divorced her husband in order to marry Herod Antipas. The relevant text from Book 18 of Antiquities of the Jews: Now many people came in crowds to him, for they were greatly moved by his words. Herod, who feared that the great influence John had over the masses might put them into his power and enable him to raise a rebellion (for they seemed ready to do anything he should advise), thought it best to put him to death. In this way, he might prevent any mischief John might cause, and not bring himself into difficulties by sparing a man who might make him repent of it when it would be too late. Accordingly John was sent as a prisoner, out of Herod's suspicious temper, to Macherus, the castle I already mentioned, and was put to death. In this historian's account, there is no provision for anyone to ask for John's head on a platter. Moreover, the party described in the gospels would have been held in Galilee, if at all, but Josephus says that John was imprisoned and executed in faraway Macherus. He might have been beheaded, if that suited Herod Antipas, but not in Galilee and not at anyone else's request.AnswerJohn was beheaded under orders from King Herod.
