Biography of John the Baptist
Title: Biography of John the Baptist
Category: /Society & Culture/Religion
Details: Words: 1214 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Biography of John the Baptist
Category: /Society & Culture/Religion
Details: Words: 1214 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
John the Baptist
We are given the story of the ministry of John the Baptist, called the Precursor or
Forerunner of the Lord, with some variation of detail, in the three synoptic Gospels of
Matthew, Mark, and Luke, as well as in the Book of John. Luke tells us of the birth of
John the Baptist in a town of Judaea, about six months before the birth of the Saviour.
The attendant circumstances, which we
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who exhorted the Jews to the practice of justice
towards men and piety towards God; and also to baptism, preaching that they would
become acceptable to God if they renounced their sins, and to the cleanness of their bodies
added purity of soul." Thus Jews and Christians unite in reverence and love for this
prophet-saint whose life is an incomparable example of both humility and courage
Bibliography
1. Mark Ch.1-11
2. John ch.3-5
3. Corinthians Ch. 13