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★ John the Baptist

The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

 

This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.

 

And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.

 

And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.

 

And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.

 

And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.

 

Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples;

 

And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!  John 1:6-9&15&21-23&25-36

 

 

For John was not yet cast into prison.

 

Then there arose a question between some of John’s disciples and the Jews about purifying.

 

And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.

 

John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.

 

Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.  John 3:24-28  

 

 

John was baptizing, and there went out unto him Pharisees and were baptized, and all Jerusalem.  And John had raiment of camel’s hair and a leathern girdle about his loins: and his meat (it saith) was wild honey, whereof the taste is the taste of manna, as a cake dipped in oil.  That, forsooth, they may pervert the word of truth into a lie and for locusts put a cake dipped in honey (sic) … After the people were baptized, Jesus also came and was baptized by John; and as he came up from the water, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Holy Ghost in the likeness of a dove that descended and entered into him: and a voice from heaven saying: Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I am well pleased: and again: This day have I begotten thee.  And straightway there shone about the place a great light.  Which when John saw (it saith) he saith unto him: Who art thou, Lord?  And again there was a voice from heaven saying unto him: This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased.  And then (it saith) John fell down before him and said: I beseech thee, Lord, baptize thou me.  But he prevented him saying: Suffer it (or let it go): for thus it behoveth that all things should be fulfilled.  Gospel of the Ebionites

 

 

2) Behold, the moter of the Lord and his brethren said to him: John the Baptist baptizes unto the remission of sins, let us go and be baptized by him.  But he said to them: Wherein have I sinned that I should go and be baptized by him?  Unless what I have said is ignorance (a sin of ignorance).  Gospel of the Nazoreans

 

 

And when she was delivered she said: My Lord!  Lo!  I am delivered of a female – Allah knew best of what she was delivered – the male is not as the female; and lo!  I have named her Mary, and lo!  I crave Thy protection for her and for her offspring from Satan the outcast.  

 

And her Lord accepted her with full acceptance and vouchsafed to her a goodly growth; and made Zachariah her guardian.  Whenever Zachariah went into the sanctuary where she was, he found that she had food.  He said: O Mary!  Whence cometh unto thee this (food)?  She answered: It is from Allah.  Allah giveth without stint to whom He will.   

 

Then Zachariah prayed unto his Lord and said: My Lord!  Bestow upon me of Thy bounty goodly offspring.  Lo!  Thou art the Hearer of Prayer.   

 

And the angels called to him as he stood praying in the sanctuary: Allah giveth thee glad tidings of (a son whose name is) John, (who cometh) to confirm a word from Allah lordly, chaste, a prophet of the righteous.   

 

He said: My Lord!  How can I have a son when age hath overtaken me already and my wife is barren?  (The angel) answered: So (it will be).  Allah doeth what He will.   

 

He said: My Lord! Appoint a token for me.  (The angel) said: The token unto thee (shall be) that thou shalt not speak unto mankind three days except by signs.  Remember thy Lord much, and praise (Him) in the early hours of night and morning.   

 

And when the angels said: O Mary!  Lo!  Allah hath chosen thee and made thee pure, and hath preferred thee above (all) the women of creation.

 

O Mary!  Be obedient to thy Lord, prostrate thyself and bow with those who bow (in worship).   

 

This is of the tidings of things hidden.  We reveal it unto thee (Muhammad).  Thou wast not present with them when they threw their pens (to know) which of them should be the guardian of Mary, nor wast thou present with them when they quarrelled (thereupon).   

 

(And remember) when the angels said: O Mary!  Lo!  Allah giveth thee glad tidings of a word from him, whose name is the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, illustrious in the world and the Hereafter, and one of those brought near (unto Allah).   

He will speak unto mankind in his cradle and in his manhood, and he is of the righteous.   

 

She said: My Lord!  How can I have a child when no mortal hath touched me?   He said: So (it will be).  Allah createth what He will.  If He decreeth a thing, He saith unto it only: Be! and it is.   

 

And He will teach him the Scripture and wisdom, and the Torah and the Gospel,   

 

And will make him a messenger unto the Children of Israel, (saying): Lo!  I come unto you with a sign from your Lord.  Lo!  I fashion for you out of clay the likeness of a bird, and I breathe into it and it is a bird, by Allah's leave.  I heal him who was born blind, and the leper, and I raise the dead, by Allahs leave.  And I announce unto you what ye eat and what ye store up in your houses.  Lo! herein verily is a portent for you, if ye are to be believers.  Koran 3:36-49  

 

 

And he spake also concerning a prophet who should come before the Messiah, to prepare the way of the Lord –

 

Yea, even he should go forth and cry in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, and make his paths straight; for there standeth one among you whom ye know not; and he is mightier than I, whose shoes’ latchet I am not worthy to unloose.  And much spake my father concerning this thing.  

 

And my father said he should baptize in Bethabara, beyond Jordan; and he also said he should baptize with water; even that he should baptize the Messiah with water.  

 

And after he had baptized the Messiah with water, he should behold and bear record that he had baptized the Lamb of God, who should take away the sins of the world.  Book of Mormon: I Nephi 10:8-10

 

 

‘He’s a mysterious figure.  He’s strange, he’s out-there.  He’s dressed in this very very odd way, and slightly dangerous and scary.’  Jesus Code: The Bones of John the Baptist, Professor Joan Taylor, Discovery 2016

 

 

From Rome to Damascus, from Florence to Samaria, holy places are reserved for the scattered remains of a body believed to be John the Baptist.  These fragments have been worshipped for centuries.  In Search of s4e20 … John the Baptist, History 1980

 

A discovery which may shake the Church of Rome: a remote monastery of the Coptic church holds a mysterious link to John the Baptist … The underground vault which concealed an amazing burial: could isolated monks have found the real bones of John the Baptist?  ibid.  

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