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John’s camel hair clothing and leather belt are specifically included in Mark 1:6 to show him as the successor to Elijah, who wore the same garb in 2 Kings 1:18. We should correct the sentence that states Mark is silent on the parallel. Assuming the relevant passages are a sufficient source? 2603:8080:1601:7D90:F127:E09:131C:761E (talk) 18:34, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
I tweaked the article to... John the Baptist "b. Nov. 12, 7 BC/12.11.747 AUC/20 Heshvan 3755 HC))<ref]Luke 1:36 indicates that John was born about six months before Jesus b. April 17, 6 BC/17.4.748 AUC/29 Nisan 3755 HC, L. Morris, "John The Baptist", ed. Geoffrey W Bromiley, The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised (Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1938–1958), 1108, M. Molnar, "The Star of Bethlehem: The Legcy of the Magi, 1999</ref]... d. 27 AD". 2601:583:681:8430:642C:408:6DD0:D00F (talk) 14:55, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
John the Baptist is not related to islam and the prophet jousph son of Jacob is a completely deferent issue 102.61.195.131 (talk) 19:47, 31 July 2023 (UTC)
OP has been indeffed. Nothing more to see.
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I have failed finding a source which explains logically (based on human’s logic) the very clear saying of Jesus {Matthew 11:11} “Verily I say unto you, among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.” Please correct me if the way I understood this saying is not logical. It happened that I used to be a rational independent man since I was teen (when I realized my independent existence). I am 74 now. I mean; for my own knowledge only, I used to look for the natural truths, scientific if related to the material world (limited by time and space) and personal if related to the spiritual realm (not limited by time-space). By doing this, I was able not to see a naive confused man whenever I look at a mirror. Jesus, in this saying, confirmed clearly that John the Baptist is the greatest Jewish Prophet. But what was the main mission of this greatest Prophet? It was to prepare the Jewish people for the arrival of Jesus among them. This implies that the main mission of all previous Jewish Prophets cannot be greater than of John the Baptist (always based on this saying). And, at the arrival of Jesus, this mission was fulfilled for good, right? Therefore, the Jewish teachings became, after Jesus’ arrival, much like the school teachings without which one couldn’t continue to join a university and be professional in a certain field. And, at best, his schoolbooks join his good souvenirs since he, the professional, can no longer see them as scientific references at work. By the way, some school teachings had to be made ‘incomplete’, if not ‘wrong’, to help the kids learn science in steps (on request, many examples could be presented). Also, Judaism, inspired from Heaven, was very important though for the ancient ‘kids of humanity’ only (our past ancestors). In fact, Jesus message that focuses on God’s Unconditional Love towards all others, good and evil, updated the Jewish teachings and let most of them be irrelevant, if not obsolete (this is also clear in some other Jesus’ sayings). I am afraid that, in general, saying a truth hurts some people in the least. But I have no intention to hurt anyone’s feelings. So, I understand fully if this truth should also be hidden (removed from this page). After all, “When in Rome, do what the Romans do”. KerimF (talk) 09:16, 11 September 2023 (UTC)
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What's the deal with the claim in the third sentence of paragraph 2; that the messianic figure John anticipated was "likely Simon Magus"? Simon Magus is mentioned nowhere else on the page and there does not appear to be any source for this claim at all. This claim is not made on the page for S.M. either. Correct me if I am mistaken, but I have never heard this claim made before, much less that it is "likely". SwensonJ (talk) 22:12, 19 May 2024 (UTC)