John the Baptist
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Hannah Lindsey
New Testament
Mr. Horton
November 18th 2012
John the Baptist
John the Baptist was an important religious figure in the New Testament. John the Baptist was, according to the Bible, the cousin of Jesus Christ. He was the son of Mary 's sister, Elizabeth. He was a little older than Jesus. He was Jewish, and lived in Israel. As with Jesus, we don 't have any information from that time about John the Baptist except what the Bible says. According to the Bible, when John grew up, he began to live a very holy life. He wore skins and went barefoot and ate only wild food - locusts (they 're like grasshoppers), and wild honey. Because John was such a holy man, a lot of Jewish people in Israel began to pay attention to John 's ideas, and follow him around. When Jesus was grown up and ready to begin preaching, he began by asking John to baptize him. (Spivey )That 's why people call John "John the Baptist". He traveled wherever God called him to go and would preach the good news of Jesus. He would tell them that he was the messiah and the King of Kings. He would lead people to him. When he preached, it was to large crowds and crowds of people would come to be saved after he told them about Jesus. They believed him, and John was the way people heard about Jesus and that is how Jesus got so many followers. (Spivey ) John’s parents were Elizabeth and Zachariah. They were quite old in age and Elizabeth was actually Barren when they found out they were going to have a child. They thought that it was nearly impossible. Zachariah was a great man and was very faithful to God. He consistently prayed to God in the temple and one thing he prayed for was for Elizabeth’s barrenness to be cured of so they could have a son. (Vaughan ) He wanted someone to carry on his legacy and preach until his death. Finally, God answered this prayer. Although very old, Elizabeth and Jacob got their miracle. (Vaughan )
The first two chapters of Luke start out with telling
Hannah Lindsey
New Testament
Mr. Horton
November 18th 2012
John the Baptist
John the Baptist was an important religious figure in the New Testament. John the Baptist was, according to the Bible, the cousin of Jesus Christ. He was the son of Mary 's sister, Elizabeth. He was a little older than Jesus. He was Jewish, and lived in Israel. As with Jesus, we don 't have any information from that time about John the Baptist except what the Bible says. According to the Bible, when John grew up, he began to live a very holy life. He wore skins and went barefoot and ate only wild food - locusts (they 're like grasshoppers), and wild honey. Because John was such a holy man, a lot of Jewish people in Israel began to pay attention to John 's ideas, and follow him around. When Jesus was grown up and ready to begin preaching, he began by asking John to baptize him. (Spivey )That 's why people call John "John the Baptist". He traveled wherever God called him to go and would preach the good news of Jesus. He would tell them that he was the messiah and the King of Kings. He would lead people to him. When he preached, it was to large crowds and crowds of people would come to be saved after he told them about Jesus. They believed him, and John was the way people heard about Jesus and that is how Jesus got so many followers. (Spivey ) John’s parents were Elizabeth and Zachariah. They were quite old in age and Elizabeth was actually Barren when they found out they were going to have a child. They thought that it was nearly impossible. Zachariah was a great man and was very faithful to God. He consistently prayed to God in the temple and one thing he prayed for was for Elizabeth’s barrenness to be cured of so they could have a son. (Vaughan ) He wanted someone to carry on his legacy and preach until his death. Finally, God answered this prayer. Although very old, Elizabeth and Jacob got their miracle. (Vaughan )
The first two chapters of Luke start out with telling
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