Herod the Great
... Herod Antipas was Tetrach (ruler) of Galilee (where Jesus grew up) and Perea (the land beyond the Jordan river, where John the Baptist did his ministry) from around 4 BC – AD 39. Antipas divorced his first wife, the daughter of Aretas IV (king of the Nabataeans) and married Herodias, his niece and f ...
... Herod Antipas was Tetrach (ruler) of Galilee (where Jesus grew up) and Perea (the land beyond the Jordan river, where John the Baptist did his ministry) from around 4 BC – AD 39. Antipas divorced his first wife, the daughter of Aretas IV (king of the Nabataeans) and married Herodias, his niece and f ...
- Shepherd of the Plains Home
... their own self. Jesus, the disciples, and the apostle Paul preached out against the false teachings of Gnosticism. Jump some centuries later and you have Luther who stood up against the Roman Catholic Church. Then not too long ago the non-Christian cults of the Jehovah’s Witnesses and Mormonism have ...
... their own self. Jesus, the disciples, and the apostle Paul preached out against the false teachings of Gnosticism. Jump some centuries later and you have Luther who stood up against the Roman Catholic Church. Then not too long ago the non-Christian cults of the Jehovah’s Witnesses and Mormonism have ...
Reliability of Bible
... “But when God, who set me apart from birth and called me by his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not consult any man, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was, but I went immediately into Arabia and later ...
... “But when God, who set me apart from birth and called me by his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not consult any man, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was, but I went immediately into Arabia and later ...
John the Baptist
John the Baptist (Ancient Greek: Ἰωάννης ὁ βαπτιστής Ioannēs ho baptistēs or Ἰωάννης ὁ βαπτίζων Ioannēs ho baptizōn was an itinerant preacher and a major religious figure in Christianity, Islam, the Bahá'í Faith, and Mandaeism.John is described as having the unique practice of baptism for the forgiveness of sins. Most scholars agree that John baptized Jesus. Scholars generally believe Jesus was a follower or disciple of John and several New Testament accounts report that some of Jesus' early followers had previously been followers of John. John the Baptist is also mentioned by the Jewish historian Josephus. Some scholars maintain that John was influenced by the semi-ascetic Essenes, who expected an apocalypse and practiced rituals corresponding strongly with baptism, although no direct evidence substantiates this.According to the New Testament, John anticipated a messianic figure greater than himself, and Jesus was the one whose coming John foretold. Christians commonly refer to John as the precursor or forerunner of Jesus, since John announces Jesus' coming. John is also identified with the prophet Elijah.