By Robert Lewis
NAMED BY GOD
“But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.” – Luke 1:13
“And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.” – Mark 6:24
“There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.” – John 1:6
“In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea.” – Matthew 3:1
LAST OF THE OLD TESTAMENT PROPHETS
“And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.” – Matthew 11:12
BAPTIZED JESUS
“Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.”
– Matthew 3:13
CAME TO BEAR WITNESS TO JESUS CHRIST
“John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake. He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.” – John 1:15
BAPTIZED ALL OF THE APOSTLES
“Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.” – Acts 1:22
COMMENDED BY JESUS HIMSELF
“Verily I say unto you; Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: nothwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.” – Matthew 11:11
AUTHORIZED BY GOD TO BAPTIZE
“The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not believe him?” – Matthew 21:25
WAS A JUST AND HOLY MAN
“For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.” – Mark 6:20