What happened to John the Baptist after he baptized Jesus?
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What happened to John the Baptist after he baptized Jesus?
According to Josephus, sometime after baptizing Jesus, John the Baptist was killed at the palace-fortress of Machaerus, located near the Dead Sea in modern Jordan. Built by King Herod the Great, the palace was occupied at the time by his son and successor, known as Herod Antipas.
How did John the Baptist feel about baptising Jesus?
Matthew records that when Jesus asked John to baptise him, John was reluctant to do so. baptism is for the forgiveness of sin, yet Jesus is God’s son and therefore sinless. Jesus is the greater person John has been telling people about, so John does not feel worthy to baptise him.
Why did John the Baptist say he did not know Jesus?
John the Baptist says twice: “I did not know him” (Jn 1:31, 33). While it is possible that John and Jesus, though cousins, did not know each other, this seems unlikely. What is more likely is that John is speaking of the fact that he, by the Holy Spirit, has come to see Jesus in a deeper and more sublime way.
Why was John the Baptist sent from God?
His message was that God’s judgment on the world was imminent and that, to prepare for this judgment, the people should repent their sins, be baptized, and produce appropriate fruits of repentance.
According to the Gospel of Luke, John and Jesus were relatives. Most scholars agree that John baptized Jesus, and several New Testament accounts report that some of Jesus’ early followers had previously been followers of John.
Was John the Baptist a disciple?
There is no biblical evidence indicating that John the Baptist ever became a disciple of Jesus, even though it seems he had plenty of time to do so. In fact, to this day, a community of disciples of John the Baptist still exists in the Middle East.
What John the Baptist said about Jesus?
John explicitly announces that Jesus is the one “who baptizes with the Holy Spirit” and John even professes a “belief that he is the Son of God” and “the Lamb of God”.
Did John the Baptist and Jesus meet?
On your Jesus Timeline you say that Jesus met John the Baptist when he was around thirty years of age. But in fact he probably would have known John way before this. John the Baptists mother was Elizabeth, Jesus mother’s cousin. It is unfeasible that they wouldn’t have met until Jesus was thirty years old.
According to Church tradition, their mother was Salome Also according to some traditions, Salome was the sister of Mary, Jesus’ mother, making Salome Jesus’ aunt, and her sons John the Apostle and James were Jesus’ cousins. James and John are listed among the Twelve Apostles.
According to the Gospel of Luke, John and Jesus were relatives. Some scholars maintain that John belonged to the Essenes, a semi-ascetic Jewish sect who expected a messiah and practiced ritual baptism. John used baptism as the central symbol or sacrament of his pre-messianic movement.
Did John the Baptist write any of the Bible?
John of Revelation was one of the 12 disciples of Jesus. He’s the same John who wrote the Gospel of John and the Epistles of 1st John, 2nd John and 3rd John in the New Testament. John the Baptist did not write any books that we know of –and he had his own disciples.