That Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist is as certain as anything historians know about Jesus. It is somewhat clouded, however, in our present texts by the fact that later followers of Jesus ...

John the Baptist preached in the wilderness ... This could be for the following reasons: baptism is for the forgiveness of sin, yet Jesus is God’s son and therefore sinless Jesus is the greater ...

Jordan is planning a major development at the historic Baptism site of Al Maghtas, aiming to transform the area into a ...

John the Baptist ... in order to meet Jesus. He’s the forerunner, the precursor, the cold shower you have to take before you’re allowed to jump into the big public pool. Did I mention he’s also the ...

This messenger is John the Baptist, who appeared in the desert of ... telling people to repent as the Kingdom of Heaven was near. Baptism was a Jewish ritual – people were totally immersed ...

Jesus’s experience struggling in the wilderness after his baptism is at the root of ... Luke 3 indicates that Jesus listened to John the Baptist, who reminded Jesus of the prominence of Isaiah ...