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(ancient greek: Ἰωάννης ὁ βαπτιστής, Ioánnes (h)o vaptistés or Ἰωάννης ὁ βαπτίζων, Ioánnes (h)o vaptízon, known as the prophet yahya in the ‘quran’)
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also known as john the baptizer
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(“john the baptist” was a ‘jewish itinerant preacher’ in the ‘early first century AD’)
(‘john’ is revered as a ‘major religious figure’ in ‘christianity’, ‘islam’, the ‘bahá’í faith’, and ‘mandaeism’)
(but not ‘the jews’)
(funn ow not only was je ‘rejected’ by his own ‘people’ but that at present ‘his own people are some of the ONLY people who ‘reject’ him)
(due to the rise of ‘christianity’ and ‘islam’)
(he is called a ‘prophet’ by all of these traditions, and is honoured as a ‘saint’ in many ‘christian traditions’)
(‘john’ used ‘baptism’ as the ‘central sacrament’ of his ‘messianic movement’)
(most ‘scholars’ agree that ‘john’ baptized ‘jesus’)
(scholars generally believe ‘jesus’ was a ‘follower’ or ‘disciple’ of ‘john’ and several ‘new testament’ accounts report that some of jesus’ early followers had previously been followers of ‘john’)
(‘john the baptist’ is also mentioned by the “roman-jewish” historian ‘josephus’)
(some scholars maintain that ‘john’ was influenced by the semi-ascetic ‘essenes’, who expected an ‘apocalypse’ and practiced rituals corresponding strongly with ‘baptism’, although no direct evidence substantiates this)
(according to the ‘new testament’, ‘john’ anticipated a ‘messianic figure’ greater than himself, and ‘jesus’ was the one whose coming ‘john’ foretold)
(‘christians’ commonly refer to ‘john’ as the ‘precursor’ or ‘forerunner’ of ‘jesus’, since ‘john’ announces jesus’ ‘coming’)
(‘john’ is also identified with the prophet “elijah”)
(as well as “john lennon”)
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*👨🔬🕵️♀️🙇♀️*SKETCHES*🙇♂️👩🔬🕵️♂️*
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👈👈👈☜*“FAMOUS JOHNS”* ☞ 👉👉👉
*THE FAITHFULLY DEPARTED*
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥