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John the Baptist, in prison, heard about Jesus' deeds, sent some disciples to ask if Jesus was the awaited one. Jesus listed his miracles and said: 'Blessed is he who does not reject me'. The disciples returned to John the Baptist. Herod wanted to kill John, but was afraid of the people.
Josephus's works are the chief source next to the Bible for the history and antiquity of ancient Israel, and provide an independent extra-biblical account of such figures as Pontius Pilate, Herod the Great, John the Baptist, James, brother of Jesus, and Jesus of Nazareth.
Josephus goes on to report that after the Romans killed the armed and elderly people, 97,000 were enslaved. [197] Josephus records that many people were sold into slavery, and that of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, 40,000 individuals survived, and the emperor let them go wherever they chose. [198]
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 ...
The Burnt House Museum (aka Katros House) is a museum presenting an excavated house from the Second Temple period. It is situated 6 m (20 ft) below current street level in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. [1] The house was destroyed in great fire during the Roman siege of Jerusalem in 70 CE.
The house was originally built in 1927 and redesigned in 1984 by businessman Mark Slotkin. The property boasts a pool and private tennis court, alongside a two-story guesthouse and two-car garage.
Daymond John knows some things about money—and he wants his kids to know them, too. The millionaire founder of apparel brand FUBU is best known for being a judge on ABC’s entrepreneurial ...
Josephus was always accessible in the Greek-reading Eastern Mediterranean. The Jewish War was translated into Latin ( Bellum Judaicum ) in the fourth century by Pseudo-Hegesippus in abbreviated form as well as by an unknown other in full, and both versions were widely distributed throughout the Western Roman Empire and its successor states.