Why did Jesus not visit John the Baptist in prison?

Answer 1

It could have somthing to do with the fact that jesus had to totally rely upon God to lead him and take care of that which he had no control over ,Jesus left because he had to forfill his Fathers plan.

Answer 2

Jesus didn't help John the Baptist because it was meant for him to killed when he was killed. God had his reason for allowing John the Baptist to die, but he did not express that reason in the Bible.

Answer 3

The gospels say that John the Baptist was imprisoned shortly after Jesus sought John out and had John baptise him. Given the relationship this implied, as well as the assertion in Luke's Gospel that John the Baptist and Jesus were cousins, it would seem strange that Jesus did not visit John in prison. Certainly, the gospels tell that John's followers had been allowed to visit him. Perhaps, Jesus did visit him but for some reason this was not recorded by the evangelists.

On the other hand, the evidence of the first-century Jewish historian suggests that John was not really imprisoned until 35 CE, long after the time of Jesus' mission. On the basis of historical chronology, Jesus could not have visited John in prison.

Answer 4

In Mark's Gospel, the first New Testament gospel to be written, John was apparently put in prison soon after Jesus spent forty days in the wilderness. While John was in prison, Jesus went to Galilee, preaching the gospel.

Mark is followed more or less faithfully by the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, but John's Gospel appears to have John imprisoned much later in the mission of Jesus (John 3:24: "For John was not yet cast into prison.")

A third position is provided by the first-century Jewish historian, Josephus, who tells us that the wedding that resulted in John's imprisonment did not take place until 34 CE, meaning that John was probably not imprisoned until 35 CE, long after Jesus was crucified. This later date is confirmed because Aretas, king of Nabatea, attacked and defeated Herod Antipas in 36 CE, because of the slight to his daughter, whom Herod Antipas divorced in order to marry Herodias. The Jews believed this defeat was divine retribution for the execution of John the Baptist, so his imprisonment and execution was still fresh in their minds. Historically, then, Jesus was not alive when John the Baptist was in prison.

Answer 5

Upon receiving the news that his cousin John the Baptizer had been beheaded, he "withdrew from there by boat into a lonely place for isolation." (Matthew 14:12,13)