Dict: all - John the Baptist

tcr.html:

JOHN THE BAPTIST @

(1) General References to- kjv@Isaiah:40:3; kjv@Matthew:11:14; kjv@Luke:1:13,57,60,76,80; kjv@Luke:3:2; kjv@Matthew:3:1,13 kjv@John:1:15,29; kjv@John:3:26; kjv@John:1:19; kjv@John:5:33; kjv@Mark:1:14; kjv@Matthew:4:12; kjv@Matthew:11:2,7,11 kjv@Matthew:14:3,10; kjv@Mark:6:29 Characteristics of
- Self Denial- kjv@Matthew:3:4
- Courage- kjv@Matthew:3:7; kjv@Matthew:14:4
- Obedience- kjv@Matthew:3:15
- Powerful preacher- kjv@Mark:1:5
- Humility- kjv@Mark:1:7; John:1:19-23
- Holiness- kjv@Mark:6:20
- Burning zeal- kjv@John:5:35
- Honoured by Christ- kjv@Matthew:11:11; Luke:7:24-27
- Did no miracle- kjv@John:10:41
- Suffered martyrdom- kjv@Matthew:14:10

(2) Called the "Forerunner" of Christ- kjv@Malachi:3:1; kjv@Matthew:11:10; kjv@Luke:1:17,76

(3) Baptism by.
See CHURCH, THE

(4) Disciples of- kjv@Matthew:9:14; kjv@Matthew:11:2; kjv@Matthew:14:12; kjv@Mark:2:18; kjv@Luke:5:33; kjv@Luke:7:18; kjv@John:3:25

(5) His Testimony Concerning Christ- kjv@John:1:29,36; 3:28-36; kjv@John:5:33; kjv@John:10:41

smith:

JOHN THE BAPTIST - J>@ - was of the priestly race by both parents, for his father, Zacharias, was himself a priest of the course of Abia or Abijah, ( kjv@1Chronicles:24:10) and Elisabeth was of the daughters of Aaron. kjv@Luke:1:5) His birth was foretold by an angel sent from God, and is related at length in kjv@Luke:1. The birth of John preceded by six months that of our Lord. John was ordained to be a Nazarite from his birth. kjv@Luke:1:15) Dwelling by himself in the wild and thinly-peopled region westward of the Dead Sea, he prepared himself for the wonderful office to which he had been divinely called. His dress was that of the old prophets
a garment woven of camel’s hair, ( kjv@2Kings:1:8) attached to the body by a leathern girdle. His food was such as the desert afforded
locusts, kjv@Leviticus:11:22) and wild honey. kjv@Psalms:81:16) And now the long-secluded hermit came forth to the discharge of his office. His supernatural birth, his life, and the general expectation that some great one was about to appear, were sufficient to attract to him a great multitude from "every quarter." kjv@Matthew:3:5) Many of every class pressed forward to confess their sins and to be baptized. Jesus himself came from Galilee to Jordan to be baptized of John. JESUS CHRIST From incidental notices we learn that John and his disciples continued to baptize some time after our Lord entered upon his ministry.
See kjv@John:3:23 kjv@John:4:1; kjv@Acts:19:3) We gather also that John instructed his disciples in certain moral and religious duties, as fasting, kjv@Matthew:9:14; kjv@Luke:5:33) and prayer. kjv@Luke:11:1) But shortly after he had given his testimony to the Messiah, John’s public ministry was brought to a close. In daring disregard of the divine laws, Herod Antipas had taken to himself Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip; and when John reproved him for this, as well as for other sins, kjv@Luke:3:19) Herod cast him into prison. (March, A.D. 28.) The place of his confinement was the castle of Machaerus, a fortress on the eastern shore of the Dead Sea. It was here that reports reached him of the miracles which our Lord was working in Judea. Nothing but the death of the Baptist would satisfy the resentment of Herodias. A court festival was kept at Machaerus in honor of the king’s birthday. After supper the daughter of Herodias came in and danced the king by her grace that he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she should ask. Salome, prompted by her abandoned mother, demanded the head of John the Baptist. Herod gave instructions to an officer of his guard, who went and executed John in the prison, and his head was brought to feast the eyes of the adulteress whose sins he had denounced. His death is supposed to have occurred just before the third passover, in the course of the Lord’s ministry. (March, A.D. 29.)

easton:

John the Baptist @ the "forerunner of our Lord." We have but fragmentary and imperfect accounts of him in the Gospels. He was of priestly descent. His father, Zacharias, was a priest of the course of Abia ( kjv@1Chronicles:24:10), and his mother, Elisabeth, was of the daughters of Aaron kjv@Luke:1:5). The mission of John was the subject of prophecy kjv@Matthew:3:3; kjv@Isaiah:40:3; kjv@Malachi:3:1). His birth, which took place six months before that of Jesus, was foretold by an angel. Zacharias, deprived of the power of speech as a token of God's truth and a reproof of his own incredulity with reference to the birth of his son, had the power of speech restored to him on the occasion of his circumcision kjv@Luke:1:64). After this no more is recorded of him for thirty years than what is mentioned in kjv@Luke:1:80. John was a Nazarite from his birth kjv@Luke:1:15; kjv@Numbers:6:1-12). He spent his early years in the mountainous tract of Judah lying between Jerusalem and the Dead Sea kjv@Matthew:3:1-12). At length he came forth into public life, and great multitudes from "every quarter" were attracted to him. The sum of his preaching was the necessity of repentance. He denounced the Sadducees and Pharisees as a "generation of vipers," and warned them of the folly of trusting to external privileges kjv@Luke:3:8). "As a preacher, John was eminently practical and discriminating. Self-love and covetousness were the prevalent sins of the people at large. On them, therefore, he enjoined charity and consideration for others. The publicans he cautioned against extortion, the soldiers against crime and plunder." His doctrine and manner of life roused the entire south of Palestine, and the people from all parts flocked to the place where he was, on the banks of the Jordan. There he baptized thousands unto repentance. The fame of John reached the ears of Jesus in Nazareth kjv@Matthew:3:5), and he came from Galilee to Jordan to be baptized of John, on the special ground that it became him to "fulfil all righteousness" (3:15). John's special office ceased with the baptism of Jesus, who must now "increase" as the King come to his kingdom. He continued, however, for a while to bear testimony to the Messiahship of Jesus. He pointed him out to his disciples, saying, "Behold the Lamb of God." His public ministry was suddenly (after about six months probably) brought to a close by his being cast into prison by Herod, whom he had reproved for the sin of having taken to himself the wife of his brother Philip kjv@Luke:3:19). He was shut up in the castle of Machaerus (q.v.), a fortress on the southern extremity of Peraea, 9 miles east of the Dead Sea, and here he was beheaded. His disciples, having consigned the headless body to the grave, went and told Jesus all that had occurred kjv@Matthew:14:3-12). John's death occurred apparently just before the third Passover of our Lord's ministry. Our Lord himself testified regarding him that he was a "burning and a shining light" kjv@John:5:35).

tcr.html2:

torrey:

tcr.1:

naves:

filter-bible-link.pl:

hitchcock:

tcr:

JOHN THE BAPTIST @

(1) General References to- kjv@Isaiah:40:3; kjv@Matthew:11:14; kjv@Luke:1:13,57,60,76,80; kjv@Luke:3:2; kjv@Matthew:3:1,13 kjv@John:1:15,29; kjv@John:3:26; kjv@John:1:19; kjv@John:5:33; kjv@Mark:1:14; kjv@Matthew:4:12; kjv@Matthew:11:2,7,11 kjv@Matthew:14:3,10; kjv@Mark:6:29 Characteristics of ~~Self Denial~~ kjv@Matthew:3:4 ~~Courage~~ kjv@Matthew:3:7; kjv@Matthew:14:4 ~~Obedience~~ kjv@Matthew:3:15 ~~Powerful preacher~~ kjv@Mark:1:5 ~~Humility~~ kjv@Mark:1:7; John:1:19-23 ~~Holiness~~ kjv@Mark:6:20 ~~Burning zeal~~ kjv@John:5:35 ~~Honoured by Christ~~ kjv@Matthew:11:11; Luke:7:24-27 ~~Did no miracle~~ kjv@John:10:41 ~~Suffered martyrdom~~ kjv@Matthew:14:10

(2) Called the "Forerunner" of Christ- kjv@Malachi:3:1; kjv@Matthew:11:10; kjv@Luke:1:17,76

(3) Baptism by.
See CHURCH, THE

(4) Disciples of- kjv@Matthew:9:14; kjv@Matthew:11:2; kjv@Matthew:14:12; kjv@Mark:2:18; kjv@Luke:5:33; kjv@Luke:7:18; kjv@John:3:25

(5) His Testimony Concerning Christ- kjv@John:1:29,36; 3:28-36; kjv@John:5:33; kjv@John:10:41