Our knowledge of the figure of John the Baptist is very limited. We have only those references to him in the Christian gospels, where he stands alongside of Jesus. We also have references to him ...

What’s going on here? The truth is attractive. John the Baptist speaks the truth, and they come flocking to him. He doesn’t seek glory for himself—in fact, he accepts that he must become ...

Among the characters of the New Testament who are the source of controversy and debate, after Jesus and Mary, John the Baptist perhaps ranks highest. Who this gentleman was and what he was there ...

Soon, he fled to live in the desert. John the Baptist began his public ministry about 30 AD. He came out of the desert sent by God and started preaching the Word of God. His garments were not ...

History knows him as John the Baptist – a fisher of men, a voice in the wilderness, the baptizer of Jesus, and a pillar of the Christian faith. Though he met his end at the whim of a vengeful ...

he is not one and the same as Elijah.” Fleming said it may logically be speculated that John the Baptist was literally Elijah returned to the world in the form of John, given that Elijah was ...