John the Forerunner

E124806
Christian saint New Testament person baptizer biblical figure martyr preacher prophet

John the Forerunner is a major prophetic figure in Christianity, revered as the herald who prepared the way for Jesus Christ through his preaching of repentance and practice of baptism.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
John the Forerunner canonical 1
John the Glorious Prophet 1
John the Precursor 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian saint ⓘ
New Testament person ⓘ
baptizer ⓘ
biblical figure ⓘ
martyr ⓘ
preacher ⓘ
prophet ⓘ
activityPlace Jordan River ⓘ
surface form: Jordan River region

wilderness of Judea ⓘ
alsoKnownAs John the Baptist ⓘ
John the Forerunner ⓘ
surface form: John the Glorious Prophet

John the Forerunner ⓘ
surface form: John the Precursor

John the Baptist ⓘ
surface form: Saint John the Baptist
associatedWith ascetic lifestyle ⓘ
baptism of repentance ⓘ
prophecy of Isaiah "voice in the wilderness" ⓘ
birthPlace Judea ⓘ
deathCause beheading ⓘ
executedBy Herod Antipas ⓘ
feastDay August 29 ⓘ
June 24 ⓘ
holyBookMention Acts of the Apostles ⓘ
Gospel of John ⓘ
Gospel of Luke ⓘ
Gospel of Mark ⓘ
Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ
knownFor administering baptism ⓘ
baptizing Jesus ⓘ
preaching repentance ⓘ
preparing the way for Jesus Christ ⓘ
parents Elizabeth ⓘ
Zechariah ⓘ
relativeOf Jesus Christ ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
role baptizer in the Jordan River ⓘ
forerunner of Jesus Christ ⓘ
herald of the Messiah ⓘ
preacher of repentance ⓘ
title Baptists ⓘ
surface form: Baptist

Forerunner ⓘ
Prophet ⓘ
veneratedIn Anglican Communion ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Coptic Orthodox Church ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
Lutheranism ⓘ
Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches

Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John the Baptist → alsoKnownAs → John the Forerunner ⓘ
John the Forerunner → alsoKnownAs → John the Forerunner ⓘ
this entity surface form: John the Glorious Prophet
John the Forerunner → alsoKnownAs → John the Forerunner ⓘ
this entity surface form: John the Precursor