John the Baptist was a teacher and prophet considered to be a forerunner of Jesus Christ whom he later baptized.
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How did John the Baptist have the “spirit and power of Elijah”?
As the angel Gabriel said to Zechariah, whose son would be John the Baptist...
Luke 1:17 (NLT)
17 He will be a man with the spirit and power of Elijah. He will prepare the people for ...
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How did the disciples of John the Baptist pray?
Luke 11:1 (NIV) One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he
finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray,
just as John taught his disciples.”
Since John the ...
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John's question in prison
John the Baptist was someone whose job was to prepare the way from Christ. When Jesus makes his appearance, John introduces him to the people.
John 1:29-34, New Living Translation (NLT)
Jesus, the ...
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Why was Zachariah punished while Mary was not?
The gospel of Luke states that when the angel Gabriel appeared to Zacharia and told him that his wife Elizabeth would concieve John the Baptist, Zacheria doubts the prophecy and so is temporarily ...
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Who sent John the Baptist to baptize with water?
In the first chapter of the Gospel of John, the following account of John the Baptist's introduction of Jesus is given:
29 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the
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Why did John the Baptist exist? Did he have any purpose besides Baptizing Jesus?
I realize this question is somewhat vacuous, since one could ask:
"Why do the OT prophets exist? Why wasn't the story just: Eve + Adam eat from the tree of knowledge of good + evil. Then, God, ...
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Why was Jesus baptised by John the Baptist?
We know the story:
13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John. 14 But John tried to deter him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?”
15 Jesus ...
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Concerning what things did elders and priests not believe John the baptist?
in Matthew 21:25 we see priests and elders reasoning within themselves:
The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they
reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, ...
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Was John the Baptist Elijah?
This should be straightforward, as John the Baptist explicitly says that he isn't:
John 1:19-21 (ESV)
19 And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem ...
