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John the Baptist [note 1] (c. 6 BC [18] – c. AD 30) was a Jewish preacher active in the area of the Jordan River in the early first century AD. [19] [20] He is also known as Saint John the Forerunner in Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy, John the Immerser in some Baptist Christian traditions, [21] and as the prophet Yaḥyā ibn Zakariyā (Arabic: النبي يحيى, An-Nabī ...
28 or 29 John the Baptist begins his ministry in the "15th year of Tiberius" (Luke 3:1–2), saying: "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!" ( Matthew 3:1–2 ), a relative of Jesus ( Luke 1:36 ), a Nazirite ( Luke 1:15 ), baptized Jesus ( Mark 1:4–11 ), later arrested and beheaded by Herod Antipas ( Luke 3:19–20 ), it is possible ...
The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist (June 24) The Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (June 29) The Feast of Saint Elijah the Prophet (July 20) The Feast of Saint Christina of Bolsena the Great Martyr (July 24) The Beheading of St. John the Baptist (August 29) Beginning of the Indiction-Ecclesiastical Year (September 1) The Patronal Feast of a ...
Jesus began to preach after being baptised by John the Baptist, and based on Luke’s gospel John only began baptising people in "the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar" (Luke 3:1–2), which scholars estimate to have been in AD 28–29. [20] [65] [7] [66] [40] Subtracting 30 years, it appears that Jesus was born in 1–2 BC ...
John the Evangelist [a] (c. 6 AD – c. 100 AD) is the name traditionally given to the author of the Gospel of John.Christians have traditionally identified him with John the Apostle, John of Patmos, and John the Presbyter, [2] although there is no consensus on how many of these may actually be the same individual.
John (the Baptist) — Jesus Christ [40] ... Luke the Evangelist ... List of Prophets. Prophets in Judaism; Prophets of Christianity.
The Masoretic Text is the basis of modern Jewish and Christian bibles. While difficulties with biblical texts make it impossible to reach sure conclusions, perhaps the most widely held hypothesis is that it embodies an overall scheme of 4,000 years (a "great year") taking the re-dedication of the Temple by the Maccabees in 164 BCE as its end-point. [4]
It proposed more than 80 new feasts to the calendar, including new major feasts for the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, Saint Mary Magdalene and Holy Cross Day. Prayer Book Study XVI was published in 1964 as Lesser Feasts and Fasts. [23]