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How did Jesus describe John the Baptist?
Jesus said that John the Baptist was the greatest Prophet. He said that John’s mission had been prophesied in the scriptures. That John was a messenger/His forerunner. John lived in the wilderness.
How is John the Baptist related to Jesus?
ANSWER: They were 2nd cousins. Jesus mother Mary, and John the Baptist’s mother, Elizabeth, were 1st cousins, Mary’s mother (probably named Mary) and Elizabeth’s mother, were sisters.
How old was John the Baptist when he baptized Jesus?
Luke 3:1 says that John baptised Jesus in 29 CE. Relying on these figures, John the Baptist was at least 33 and probably at least a few years older than this, when he died.
When did Jesus and John the Baptist first 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.
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.
Why did John the Baptist start to baptize people?
Q. I was wondering why, seeing as baptism was not performed in Old Testament times, John the baptist started to baptize people to symbolize their repentance. I know in the New Testament Jesus instructs people to be baptized in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, but John came before Jesus.
Did Jesus baptize more disciples than John?
John 4:1–2 records, “Now Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that he was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John—although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples” (emphasis added). This does not necessarily mean that Jesus never baptized anyone Himself.
Did Jesus ever baptize anyone himself?
Answer: The Bible does not record anyone being baptized by Jesus. John 4:1–2 records, “Now Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that he was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John—although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples” (emphasis added). This does not necessarily mean that Jesus never baptized anyone Himself.
Did Jesus baptize John 4?
But during the specific timeframe surrounding John 4:1–2, Jesus did not baptize. Opening the possibility that Jesus did baptize is Matthew 3:14, in which John the Baptist says to Jesus, “I need to be baptized by you.” Also, in Matthew 3:11 John the Baptist, speaking about Jesus, declares, “I baptize you with water for repentance.