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John the Baptist
Known as being rather eccentric for his day, John the Baptist was preacher and, according to some religions, a prophet during the time of Jesus. Questions about John the Baptist can be directed here.
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How did St John the Baptist Parish in Louisiana get its name?
It was named after St John the Baptist.
Why does John's Gospel omit the 40 days in the wilderness?
Although John is considered to have been inspired by Luke's Gospel, and by Mark to a lesser extent, the author felt free to alter the text and sequences much more freely than did the authors of Matthew and Luke when copying from Mark. This gospel omits the story of the temptation in the wilderness, allowing Jesus to return the day after his baptism to John the Baptist, who was standing with two of his disciples, one of whom was Andrew. On John's instructions, the two followed Jesus. Andrew then went and brought his brother, Simon Peter, to follow Jesus. The significant difference is not where or how the two disciples were called, but the fact that Peter was not first.
John's Gospel seems to have been written in part to downplay the importance of Peter in early Christianity, possibly because the author saw what he regarded as unhealthy veneration of Peter at the time he was writing, early in the second century. For the same reason, John also has an unknown disciple, the 'disciple whom Jesus loved', who appears in the gospel only when he can be compared favourably with Peter, once again subtly playing down the importance of Peter as a disciple of Jesus.
The author of John's Gospel believed the 40 days in the wilderness to be of little importance and, by omitting it, was able to portray Peter as not being the first disciple, but only the third, called by the perhaps more pious Andrew.
Whom did John the Baptist call a generation of vipers?
The reference by John the Baptist to vipers comes from the hypothetical 'Q' document at verses 3:7-17 and was used by the authors of both Matthew and Luke, although Matthew diverged somewhat from the original.
Luke has John the Baptist accuse the crowd that came to be baptised, of being a generation of vipers, who flee the wrath to come. In reply, the crowd asked him what they should do.
On the other hand, Matthew only had John the Baptist accuse the Pharisees and Sadducees of being a generation of vipers, who flee the wrath to come. The crowd was not implicated and did not respond. The author of Matthew was taking pains to focus his criticisms on the Pharisees and Sadducees, rather than on the Jews as a whole.
Who danced so well that Heron agreed to kill John the Baptist at her request?
Salome danced for Herod. John the Baptist had criticized King Herod for marrying his sister-in-law and was in prison. Salome was told to ask for John's head on a silver platter.
Why is John the Baptist symbol a egale?
John the Baptist has several symbols including a lamb with a cross (in John's Gospel he refers to Jesus as "the lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world") and also the shell which is a symbol for baptism. The eagle is the symbol for John the Evangelist (or the Gospel of John). The symbols of the ox, the man, the lion and the eagle are found both in Revelation and in Ezekiel and gradually, over many years, became attached to the four gospelers (the ox, Luke; the lion, Mark; the man or angel, Matthew). In early manuscripts they are attached to different gospels, but for a long time, they have been fixed as above.
Why did John the Baptist's become a saint?
Probably because he was killed for his ideals. He did baptize Jesus, and was commended by him, but I think it was his martyrdom that got his name canonized.
What is the event that Peter James and John witnessed?
The answer to your question is written in Mark 13
3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,
4 Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled?
The answer to this question is provided in Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21. All of which match what is written in the prophecy of Daniel and the book of Revelation.
John the Baptist was a forerunner sent to announce the coming of the Savior. He was not called to follow Jesus literally but to make Jesus' bride ready for Jesus.
The forerunner in ancient Hebrew wedding customs was the friend of the bride groom, he ran ahead of the bridegroom when the bridegroom's father told him it was ok to go and get his bride, then the forerunner would go ahead of the bridegroom and announce to the bride that her bridegroom was coming, if the forerunner followed the bridegroom then the bride would not be able to make herself ready.
Jesus is our the bridegroom and the church is the bride, God designates certain people to be forerunners and announce the coming of the bridegroom. John didn't follow Jesus because he was called to make the bride (or believers in Jesus) ready or prepared with repentance to receive Jesus.
Jesus talked about new wine in old wineskins, what John did was call people to repentance which made new wineskins for Jesus (the new wine) to be able to be poured into and not burst.
Why did Zechariah's wife Elizabeth not have children before the birth of John?
Why did John the Baptist send two disciples to see if Jesus was the Messiah if he already knew?
More than any other early Christian writer, the author of Luke was a master of using repetition to confirm a story in the minds of his readers. He seems to have found that if he repeated the same information three times, in different circumstances, then his readers accepted it as the truth. Luke had Jesus associated frequently with John the Baptist, raising John to the status of a prophet, almost an equal of Elijah, but acknowledging Jesus to be greater.
The references in chapter 7 enabled John once again to acknowledge Jesus as one greater than he, while seeking confirmation that Jesus was the Messiah, then the disciples repeated this message and finally Jesus summarised all his miracles that would indeed prove him to be the Messiah. The message, implicitly and explicitly, that Jesus truly was the Messiah was repeated three times in a short passage. This is evidence of a literary masterpiece.
Words used by John the Baptist to describe the coming of the Mighty One?
11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and withfire: 12 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. Matt 3:11-12 (KJV)
Who married his brother's wife in the story of John the Baptist?
We have two slightly different stories about John the Baptist, one in the New Testament gospels and another in the writings of the first century Jewish historian Josephus.
Both sources agree that John was arrested for publicly criticising the marriage of Herod Antipas to his own brother's former wife, but the gospels place the arrest and execution of John at the beginning of Jesus' mission, in 29 CE. Josephus tells us that the wedding actually took place in 34 CE and resulted in Aretas, king of Nabatea, attacking Herod Antipas in 36 CE.
What happened to King Herod after the death of John the Baptist?
After the death of King Herod the Great in 4 BCE his kingdom was apportioned among his sons: Archelaus received Judea, Samaria and Idumaea; Antipas received Galilee; Philip received the territory east of Jordan.
What virtues did John the Baptist practice?
John the Baptist lived in the wilderness and went around baptizing people.
Did John the Baptist have a part in a religious order?
John the Baptist is not traditionally associated with a specific religious order like those found in later Christianity, such as the Benedictines or Franciscans. However, he is often linked to the Essenes, a Jewish sect known for their ascetic lifestyle and emphasis on ritual purity, due to his practices and teachings. His role as a prophet and forerunner to Jesus positioned him as a significant figure in early Christianity, but he operated outside the formal structures of organized religious orders.
