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
John the Baptizer	1
ministry of John the Baptist	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.

Yahya → relatedTradition → John the Baptist ⓘ

this entity surface form: Biblical John the Baptist

Herodias → religiousCritic → John the Baptist ⓘ

Abrahamic religions → sharesFigure → John the Baptist ⓘ

Andrew the Apostle → wasDiscipleOf → John the Baptist ⓘ