Murillo lived from 1617-82. (Courtesy Photo) Jesus told a crowd in Matthew 11:7-14 that John the Baptist had been “the Elijah who was to come” and that has led many people to wonder if John ...

At one point Jesus was discussing John the Baptist and said, “if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is to come” (Matthew 11:14). This has led some New Agers to assert that John the ...

His followers had to confess their sins before baptism (Matthew 3:7, 9). John the Baptist was strange because he was going against the flow. Preaching against adultery among the religious ...

“St. John the Baptist and Herod Antipas” is a Baroque ... No, those who wear fine clothes are in king’s palaces” (Matthew 11:8; Luke 7:25). In fact as in life itself, John is not the ...

11). After this significant exchange, Matthew’s account of John’s ... Luke devotes the fullest attention to the figure of John the Baptist. We learn the names of his parents, Zechariah and ...

(Mt 3:3) Take, for example, the paradox of John the Baptist’s charge against the Pharisees and Sadducees in the Gospel reading from Matthew ... to guide them (Is 11:6). The peaceful kingdom ...

Religion professor Candida Moss appears in each episode of the program Moss was part of the original study to determine if relics found in Bulgaria could be the bones of John the Baptist.

John the Baptist reveals the call for preparation. THERE’S SOMETHING about the idea of starting from zero that makes me want to run and hide. As a recovering perfectionist, I like a beautifully ...