Hint | The Apostle (A) or The Baptist (B) |
Matthew describes him as critical of Pharisees and Sadducees and as preaching 'the kingdom of heaven is at hand' and a 'coming judgment' | |
Along with Peter and James the Just, was referred to as 'pillars of the church' | |
The Eastern Orthodox Church remembers Saint John the Forerunner on six separate feast days | |
Herod ordered his beheading | |
Wrote the Book of Revelation | |
During the persecutions under Emperor Domitian, he was exiled to Patmos | |
His brother was James, who was one the Twelve Apostles | |
Wore clothes of camel's hair, and lived on locusts and wild honey | |
Proclaimed baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sin, and said another will come after him who will not baptize with water, but with the Holy Spirit | |
He was with Peter at the healing of the lame man at Solomon's Porch in the Temple | |
The Gospel of Mark introduces him as a fulfilment of a prophecy from the Book of Isaiah (actually a conflation of texts from Isaiah, Malachi and Exodus) | |
A major religious figure, a prophet, in Christianity, Islam, the Bahá'í Faith, and Mandaeism | |
Jesus sent him and Peter into the city to make the preparation for the final Passover meal (the Last Supper) | |
Is 'a man sent from God' who 'was not the light', but 'came as a witness, to bear witness to the light, so that through him everyone might believe' | |
His burial-place is traditionally said to be at the Nabi Yahya Mosque in Sebaste, in current Palestinian territories | |
His birth was foretold by the angel Gabriel to his father while he was performing his functions as a priest in the temple of Jerusalem | |
Witnessed the Transfiguration, and the Agony in Gethsemane | |
He went with Peter to visit the newly converted believers in Samaria | |
He is the miraculous son of Zechariah, an old man, and his wife Elizabeth, who was past childbearing age | |
Known as the prophet Yahya in the Quran | |
Son of Zebedee and Salome | |
His brother was James, who was one the Twelve Apostles | |
A major religious figure, a prophet, in Christianity, Islam, the Bahá'í Faith, and Mandaeism | |
The Church Fathers considered him the same person as John the Evangelist, John of Patmos, John the Elder and the Beloved Disciple | |
Anticipated a messianic figure greater than himself | |
Identified with the prophet Elijah | |
The author of the Gospel of John | |
Wrote the Three Epistles of John | |
The Gospel of Mark introduces him as a fulfilment of a prophecy from the Book of Isaiah (actually a conflation of texts from Isaiah, Malachi and Exodus) | |
Wrote the Book of Revelation | |
Wore clothes of camel's hair, and lived on locusts and wild honey | |
Proclaimed baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sin, and said another will come after him who will not baptize with water, but with the Holy Spirit | |
Herod ordered his beheading | |
Matthew describes him as critical of Pharisees and Sadducees and as preaching 'the kingdom of heaven is at hand' and a 'coming judgment' | |
During the persecutions under Emperor Domitian, he was exiled to Patmos | |
He is the miraculous son of Zechariah, an old man, and his wife Elizabeth, who was past childbearing age | |
His birth was foretold by the angel Gabriel to his father while he was performing his functions as a priest in the temple of Jerusalem | |
Witnessed the raising of the daughter of Jairus | |
He is a descendant of Aaron on both his father's and mother's side | |
Witnessed the Transfiguration, and the Agony in Gethsemane | |
The feast of his nativity is celebrated by many on June 24, six months before Christmas | |
Jesus sent him and Peter into the city to make the preparation for the final Passover meal (the Last Supper) | |
Is 'a man sent from God' who 'was not the light', but 'came as a witness, to bear witness to the light, so that through him everyone might believe' | |
He was with Peter at the healing of the lame man at Solomon's Porch in the Temple | |
His burial-place is traditionally said to be at the Nabi Yahya Mosque in Sebaste, in current Palestinian territories | |
Was thrown into prison with Peter | |
He went with Peter to visit the newly converted believers in Samaria | |
On August 29, some celebrate his martyrdom | |
Along with Peter and James the Just, was referred to as 'pillars of the church' | |
He is said to have lived to an old age, dying at Ephesus sometime after AD 98 | |
The Eastern Orthodox Church remembers Saint John the Forerunner on six separate feast days | |
His Feast Day in the Roman Catholic Church is 27 December | |
Puerto Rico's motto 'John is his name' refers to him | |
The traditions of most Christian denominations hold that he is the author of several books of the New Testament | |
He was a messenger being sent ahead, and a voice crying out in the wilderness | |
Took Mary, the mother of Jesus, into his care | |
The traditions of most Christian denominations hold that he is the author of several books of the New Testament | |
Jesus referred to him and his brother as 'Boanerges' (sons of thunder) | |
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