John the Baptist

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Christian saint Islamic prophet Jewish preacher New Testament person biblical figure martyr prophet

John the Baptist was a major Jewish prophetic figure of the 1st century CE, revered in Christianity and Islam for preaching repentance and baptizing followers in preparation for the coming of Jesus.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Saint John the Baptist 26
Biblical John the Baptist 1
John the Baptist sayings tradition 1

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian saint ⓘ
Islamic prophet ⓘ
Jewish preacher ⓘ
New Testament person ⓘ
biblical figure ⓘ
martyr ⓘ
prophet ⓘ
alsoKnownAs John the Baptist ⓘ
surface form: John the Baptizer

John the Forerunner ⓘ
John the Baptist ⓘ
surface form: Saint John the Baptist

Yahya ⓘ
arabicName Yahya ⓘ
surface form: Yahya ibn Zakariya
associatedWithSacrament baptism ⓘ
baptismLocation Jordan River ⓘ
baptized Jesus Christ ⓘ
surface form: Jesus
birthAnnouncedBy Gabriel ⓘ
surface form: angel Gabriel
centuryOfActivity 1st century CE ⓘ
clothing garment of camel hair ⓘ
leather belt ⓘ
criticized Herod Antipas ⓘ
diet locusts ⓘ
wild honey ⓘ
executedBy Herod Antipas ⓘ
father Zechariah ⓘ
feastDayInRomanCatholicChurch August 29 ⓘ
June 24 ⓘ
honorificInIslam prophet ⓘ
imprisonedBy Herod Antipas ⓘ
knownFor announcing the coming of Jesus ⓘ
ascetic lifestyle ⓘ
baptizing in the Jordan River ⓘ
preaching repentance ⓘ
mannerOfDeath beheading ⓘ
message announcement of the coming Messiah ⓘ
call to repentance ⓘ
mother Elizabeth ⓘ
patronage Jordan River ⓘ
surface form: Jordan River region

baptism ⓘ
converts ⓘ
tailors ⓘ
preachedIn Judean Desert ⓘ
surface form: Judean wilderness
relativeOf Jesus Christ ⓘ
surface form: Jesus
religion Judaism ⓘ
role baptizer ⓘ
forerunner of Jesus ⓘ
preacher of repentance ⓘ
scripturalMention Acts of the Apostles ⓘ
Gospel of John ⓘ
Gospel of Luke ⓘ
Gospel of Mark ⓘ
Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
Quran ⓘ
titleInEasternOrthodoxy Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord ⓘ
veneratedIn Christianity ⓘ
Druze ⓘ
surface form: Druze faith

Islam ⓘ
Mandaeism ⓘ

Referenced by (54)

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

John the Baptist → alsoKnownAs → John the Baptist ⓘ
this entity surface form: John the Baptizer
John the Baptist → alsoKnownAs → John the Baptist ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint John the Baptist
Kingdom of Heaven → associatedPerson → John the Baptist ⓘ
Elijah → associatedWith → John the Baptist ⓘ
Gospel infancy narratives → associatedWith → John the Baptist ⓘ
Machaerus → associatedWith → John the Baptist ⓘ
Puerto Rican coat of arms → associatedWith → John the Baptist ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint John the Baptist
Perea → associatedWithEvent → John the Baptist ⓘ
this entity surface form: ministry of John the Baptist
John → associatedWithFigure → John the Baptist ⓘ
Qasr al-Yahud → associatedWithPerson → John the Baptist ⓘ
infant John the Baptist → basedOn → John the Baptist ⓘ
subject surface form: Infant John the Baptist
this entity surface form: Saint John the Baptist
Surah Maryam → containsNarrativeAbout → John the Baptist ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint John the Baptist
this entity surface form: Saint John the Baptist
Parroquia San Juan Bautista → dedicatedTo → John the Baptist ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint John the Baptist
Royal Chapel of Granada → dedicatedTo → John the Baptist ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint John the Baptist
this entity surface form: Saint John the Baptist
San Juan Cathedral → dedicatedTo → John the Baptist ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint John the Baptist
St John’s Kirk of Perth → dedicatedTo → John the Baptist ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint John the Baptist
Q source (hypothetical) → hasPart → John the Baptist ⓘ
this entity surface form: John the Baptist sayings tradition
Baptism in the Jordan → hasParticipant → John the Baptist ⓘ
San Juan Ixtayopan → hasReligiousPatron → John the Baptist ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint John the Baptist
Great Mosque of Damascus → housesRelicOf → John the Baptist ⓘ
Yahya → identifiedWith → John the Baptist ⓘ
Night Journey of Muhammad → metProphet → John the Baptist ⓘ
Ian → nameDayTraditionLinkedTo → John the Baptist ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint John the Baptist
Ioannovsky Gate → namedAfter → John the Baptist ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint John the Baptist
Mission San Juan Bautista → namedAfter → John the Baptist ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint John the Baptist
Parroquia San Juan Bautista → namedAfter → John the Baptist ⓘ
San Juan Cathedral → namedAfter → John the Baptist ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint John the Baptist
St John’s College, Oxford → namedAfter → John the Baptist ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint John the Baptist
St John’s Kirk of Perth → namedAfter → John the Baptist ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint John the Baptist
Venerable Order of St John → namedAfter → John the Baptist ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint John the Baptist
St. Johns County, Florida → namedFor → John the Baptist ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint John the Baptist
El Greco → notableWork → John the Baptist ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint John the Baptist
Leonardo da Vinci → notableWork → John the Baptist ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint John the Baptist
Herod Antipas → orderedExecutionOf → John the Baptist ⓘ
Florence → patronSaint → John the Baptist ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint John the Baptist
Knights Hospitaller → patronSaint → John the Baptist ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint John the Baptist
Porto → patronSaint → John the Baptist ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint John the Baptist
Ragusa → patronSaint → John the Baptist ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint John the Baptist
this entity surface form: Saint John the Baptist
Baptism in the Jordan → performedBy → John the Baptist ⓘ
Kingdom of Heaven → proclaimedBy → John the Baptist ⓘ
Lamb of God → proclaimedBy → John the Baptist ⓘ
Salome → relatedFigure → John the Baptist ⓘ
Phasaelis → relatedPerson → John the Baptist ⓘ