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  1. Study 1: The ministry of John the Baptist
  2. Study 2: Was John the Baptist the Elijah who was to come?
  3. Study 3: Jesus recognised by John?

The ministry of John the Baptist

  • PER029 The ministry of John the Baptist

    The article examines John the Baptist's role in preparing for Jesus' coming. Appearing in Matthew, Mark and Luke, John baptises and preaches in the Judean wilderness. Regarded as Christ's forerunner, he never claimed to be the Messiah. His teachings prepared the people to welcome Jesus, the royal Messiah.

    John 3.25 (King James Version) :
    Then there arose a question between some of John’s disciples and the Jews about purifying.
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    Level: Intermediate Level: Intermediate

Contradictions

  • CTD009 Was John the Baptist the Elijah who was to come?

    Jesus regards John the Baptist as the prophesied Elijah, indicating a symbolic mission, but John denies this identity literally, according to John 1:19-21. This distinction between mission and personal identity clarifies an apparent biblical contradiction.

    Isaiah 40.3 (King James Version) :
    The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.Notestraight: or, a straight placeNoteplain: or, a plain place
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    Level: Intermediate Level: Intermediate

  • CTD017 Jesus recognised by John?

    The article explores whether John the Baptist recognised Jesus, comparing the accounts of Matthew and John, which appear contradictory but are in fact complementary.

    John 1.31-33 (King James Version) :
    And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
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    Level: Intermediate Level: Intermediate

Further reading