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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 1st 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 Yaḥyā ...
To Calvin, John's holiness and popularity arose not because of his asceticism but in spite of it. [2] The description of John the Baptist's clothing is believed by most scholars to be a deliberate echo that of the prophet Elijah, who in 2 Kings 1:8 is said to wear "a garment of hair and with a leather belt around his waist."
John knew the Lord to be the Son of God, knew that He would baptize with the Holy Ghost: for before Christ came to the river, many having come together to hear John, he said unto them, He that comes after me is mightier than I: He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire.
For John, Jesus's town of origin is irrelevant, for he comes from beyond this world, from God the Father. [100] While John makes no direct mention of Jesus's baptism, [96] [92] he does quote John the Baptist's description of the descent of the Holy Spirit as a dove, as happens at Jesus's baptism in the Synoptics.
This verse introduces the character of John the Baptist. Guthrie notes that John likely does not need much of an introduction to Matthew's largely Jewish readers, as he was a well-known figure at the time. [6] Unlike Luke, Matthew gives none of John's early history: John is a much less important character in Matthew than in the other gospels ...
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. The New International Version translates the passage as:
In the New Testament, the messengers who came from John the Baptist to Jesus are referred to in Matthew 11:2–6 and Luke 7:18–23. [ 1 ] Their deputation to meet with Jesus is recounted after the Baptism of Jesus , when John is in prison in the fort of Machaerus and hears of the works performed by Jesus.
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: But John tried to deter him saying, "I need to be baptised by you, and do you come to me?" The World English Bible translates the passage as: But John prohibited Him, saying "I need to be baptised by you, and do you come to me?" The 1881 Westcott-Hort Greek text is: