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As a non-Biblical source, Jewish historian Josephus also recounts that Herod had John imprisoned and killed due to "the great influence John had over the people", which might persuade John "to raise a rebellion". Josephus also writes that many of the Jews believed that Herod's later military disaster was God's punishment for his treatment of ...
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 ...
Both Joseph and Matthias had been followers of Jesus from the beginning of Jesus' public ministry after the baptism that he received from John the Baptist. He had continued as a member of the larger company of disciples even to the time that Jesus was taken up from them. Further identification of Joseph is uncertain.
In the book Cerinthus, much to the disciple John's frustration, has begun spreading his gnostic teachings to the populace, whereupon John is moved to write his counter-argument: the Gospel of John. Cerinthus is mentioned in Robert Browning's poem A Death in the Desert, which recounts the death of John the Apostle.
The author, John, found himself "…on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus" (Rev. 1:9 NRSV), and it was there that he wrote the Book of Revelation. In several of his messages addressed to the Seven churches of Asia , John makes references to past and future times of persecution, trial and death, and calls ...
Josephus says that he was originally named Aeneas, but took "Aretas" as his throne name. [3] An inscription from Petra suggests that he may have been a member of the royal family, as a descendant of Malichus I. [4] The capital of his kingdom was a prosperous trading city, Petra, some 170 miles south of Amman. Petra is famous for the many ...
However, although both the gospels and Josephus refer to Herod Antipas killing John the Baptist, they differ on the details and motives, e.g. whether this act was a consequence of the marriage of Herod Antipas and Herodias (as indicated in Matthew 14:4, Mark 6:18), or a pre-emptive measure by Herod which possibly took place before the marriage ...
John the Apostle is traditionally held to be the author of the Gospel of John, and many Christian denominations believe that he authored several other books of the New Testament (the three Johannine epistles and the Book of Revelation, together with the Gospel of John, are called the Johannine works), depending on whether he is distinguished ...