See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN THE BAPTIST  , in the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible, the " forerunner " of Jesus See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ in the See also:

• GOSPEL (O. Eng. godspel, i.e. good news, a translation of Lat. bona annuntiatio, or evangelium, Gr. evayyeXwv; cf. Goth. iu spillon, " to announce good news," Ulfilas' translation of the Greek, from iu, that which is good, and spellon to announce)

Gospel See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story . By his See also:

• PREACHING (Fr. preecher, from Lat. praedicare, to proclaim)

preaching and teaching he evidently made' a See also:

• GREAT

great impression upon his contemporaries (cf . See also:

• JOSEPHUS, FLAVIUS (c. 37-C. 95?)

Josephus, See also:

• ANT
• ANT (O. Eng. aemete, from Teutonic a, privative, and maitan, cut or bite off, i.e. " the biter off "; aemete in Middle English became differentiated in dialect use to (mete, then amte, and so ant, and also to emete, whence the synonym " emmet," now only u

Ant. xviii., § 5) . According to the See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth-narrative embodied in See also:

• LUKE
• LUKE, GOSPEL OF ST

Luke i. and ii., he was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in" a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• JUDAH

Judah " in " the See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country (possibly See also:

• HEBRON (mod. Khulzl er-Rahman, i.e. " the friend of the Merciful One "—an allusion to Abraham)

Hebron 1) of priestly parentage . His See also:

• FATHER

father See also:

• ZACHARIAS, ST

Zacharias was a See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest of the course of See also:

• ABIJAH (Heb. Abiyyah and Abiyyahu, "Yah is. father")

Abijah," and his See also:

• MOTHER

mother See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth, who was also of priestly descent, was related to See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary, the mother of Jesus, whose See also:

• SENIOR, NASSAU WILLIAM (1790-1864)

senior See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John was by six months . This narrative of the Baptist's birth seems to embody some very See also:

• PRIMITIVE

primitive features, Hebraic; and Palestinian in See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character,' and possibly at one See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent of the See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian tradition . In the apocryphal gospels John is some-times made the subject of See also:

• SPECIAL

special miraculous experiences (e.g. in the Protevangelium See also:

• JACOBI, FRIEDRICH HEINRICH (1743-1819)
• JACOBI, JOHANN GEORG (1740-1814)
• JACOBI, KARL GUSTAV JACOB (1804-1851)

Jacobi, ch. xxii., where Elizabeth fleeing from See also:

• HEROD
• HEROD (surnamed THE GREAT)

Herod's assassins cried: " See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount 'of . See also:

• GOD

God, receive a mother with her See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child," and suddenly the See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain was divided and received her) . In his 3oth See also:

• YEAR

year (15th year of the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor Tiberius, ? A.A . 25—26) John began his• public See also:

• LIFE

life in the " See also:

• WILDERNESS

wilderness of See also:

• JUDAEA

Judaea," the See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild See also:

• DISTRICT

district that lies between the Kedron and the Dead See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea, and' particularly in the neighbourhood of the See also:

• JORDAN (the down-comer; Arab. esh-Sheri'a, the watering-place)
• JORDAN, CAMILLE (1771—1821)
• JORDAN, DOROTHEA (1762—1816)
• JORDAN, THOMAS (1612 ?–1685)
• JORDAN, WILHELM (1819–1904)

Jordan, where multitudes were attracted by his eloquence . The central theme of his preaching was,. according to the Synoptic Gospels; the nearness of the coming of the Messianic See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom, and the consequent urgency for preparation by repentance .

John was evidently convinced that he himself had received the divine See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission to bring to a See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close and See also:

• COMPLETE

complete the prophetic See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period, by inaugurating the Messianic See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age . He identified him-self with the " See also:

• VOICE (Fr. voix, from Lat. vox)

voice " of Isae xl . 3 . Noteworthy features of his preaching were its See also:

• ORIGINAL

original and prophetic character, and its high ethical See also:

• TONE, THEOBALD WOLFE (1763-1798)

tone, as shown e.g. in its See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

anti Pharisaic denunciation of See also:

• TRUST

trust in See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere racial See also:

• PRIVILEGE

privilege (Matt. iii . 9) . Herein also See also:

• LAY

lay, probably, the true import of the See also:

• BAPTISM

baptism which he administered to those who accepted his See also:

• MESSAGE (a word occurring in slightly different forms in several languages, e.g. Fr. message, Span. mensaje, Ital. messagio; adapted from the Low Lat. missaticum, from mittere)

message and confessed their sins . It was an See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act symbolizing' moral See also:

• PURIFICATION

purification (cf . Ezek. See also:

• XXXVI

xxxvi . 25; Zech. xiii. i) by way of preparation for the coming "kingdom of See also:

• HEAVEN (0. Eng. hefen, heofon, heofone; this word appears in O.S. hevan; the High. Ger. word appears in Ger. Himmel, Dutch hemel; there does not seem to be any connexion between the two words, and the ultimate derivation of the word is unknown; the sugges

heaven," And implied that the See also:

• JEW, THE WANDERING

Jew so baptized no longer rested in his privileged position as a child of See also:

• ABRAHAM, or ABRAM (Hebrew for " father is high ")

Abraham . John's See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance, See also:

• COSTUME
• COSTUME (through the Fr. costume, from Ital. costume, Late Lat. costuma, a contracted form of Lat. consuetudinem, ace. of consuetudo, custom, habit, manner, &c.)

costume and habits of life, together with the tone of his preaching, all suggest the prophetic character . He was popularly regarded as a See also:

• PROPHET (Irpo4i ri7s)

prophet, more especially as a . second See also:

• ELIJAH (a Hebrew name meaning " Yah[weh] is God ")

Elijah . His preaching awoke a great popular response, particularly among the masses of the See also:

• PEOPLE

people, " the people of the See also:

• LAND

land." He had disciples who fasted (See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

Mark ii .

18, &c.), who visited him 1.There is no See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason to suppose that Jutta is intended by the eats 'Io(a of Luke i . 39: the tradition which makes 'See also:

• AIN

Ain Karim, near See also:

• JERUSALEM (Heb. ^S0-r, Yerushalaim, pronounced as a dual)
• JERUSALEM, SYNOD OF (1672)

Jerusalem, the birthplace of the Baptist only See also:

• DATES

dates from the crusading period . formerly in the See also:

• CHAPEL

chapel of the Virgin, built by him in the See also:

• BASILICA

basilica of St See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter . He was succeeded by Sisinnius .