John the Baptist


 

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HOMETOWN

The hills of southern Judea, near Qumran. My childhood home was at Ain Karim.

FAMILY

Son of Zacharias and Elizabeth. Cousin of Jesus. I was born 6 months before Jesus.

OCCUPATION

Prophet of God. My job is to prepare the way for the arrival of the Messiah. I preach for people to repent and be baptised. I baptise them in the River

Jordan.

WHERE AND WHEN I MET JESUS

We are cousins. Our mothers Mary and Elizabeth are kinswomen and were pregnant with us at the same time.

I baptised Jesus in the River Jordan and God made it clear Jesus was the Messiah I had been prophesying about.

DID YOU KNOW?

I remind people of Elijah because we both lived in the desert, wearing desert clothes and eating desert food – locusts and honey generally.

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