Saint John Baptist


Luke 7, 24 - 27

And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind? But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings courts. But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet. This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

Matthew 3, 4

And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.

Mark 1, 4 - 5

John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.





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Fortress Machaerus (Meqaver) on the Jordanian          
Royal Road, was built by Alexander Iannaeus (ruled     
103-76 BCE) and restored by king Herod the Great.      
St. John Baptist was imprisoned and beheaded in this   
fortress. Columns of Herodes' palace.
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Fortress Machaerus (Meqaver) on the Jordanian Royal Road, was built by...

Fortress Machaerus (Meqaver) on the Jordanian          
Royal Road, was built by Alexander Iannaeus (ruled     
103-76 BCE) and restored by king Herod the Great.      
St. John Baptist was imprisoned and beheaded in this   
fortress. Columns of Herodes' palace.
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Fortress Machaerus (Meqaver) on the Jordanian Royal Road, was built by...

Fortress Machaerus (Meqaver) on the Jordanian          
Royal Road, was built by Alexander Iannaeus (ruled     
103-76 BCE) and restored by king Herod the Great.      
St. John Baptist was imprisoned and beheaded in this   
fortress. Columns of Herodes' palace.
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Fortress Machaerus (Meqaver) on the Jordanian Royal Road, was built by...

Fortress Machaerus (Meqaver) on the Jordanian          
Royal Road, was built by Alexander Iannaeus (ruled     
103-76 BCE) and restored by king Herod the Great.      
St. John Baptist was imprisoned and beheaded in this   
fortress.
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Fortress Machaerus (Meqaver) on the Jordanian Royal Road, was built by...

Fortress Machaerus (Meqaver) on the Jordanian          
Royal Road, was built by Alexander Iannaeus (ruled     
103-76 BCE) and restored by king Herod the Great.      
St. John Baptist was imprisoned and beheaded in this   
fortress. Columns of Herodes' palace.
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Fortress Machaerus (Meqaver) on the Jordanian Royal Road, was built by...

Cover of the Staurothek. Angel and Saint John Baptist  
Detail of 15-01-01/32. Reliquary for the wood of the   
True Cross, Limburg.                                   
Enamel and jewels (ca. 948-959)
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Cover of the Staurothek. Angel and Saint John Baptist Detail of 15-01-01/32. R...

Baptism of Christ, from the Verdun Altar.              
Enamel plaque in champleve technique on                
gilded copper (begun 1181)
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Baptism of Christ, from the Verdun Altar. Enamel plaque in chample...

Saint John Baptist dressed in goat                     
skins. Detail from the back of the                     
pulpit of Archbishop Maximian.                         
Carved ivory plaque
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Saint John Baptist dressed in goat skins. Detail from the b...

God Father between Charlemagne and Saint John Baptist. 
Medallion, gold and translucent enamel (1370/1380),    
from the collection of Louis d'Anjou, France           
Back of a mirror,diameter: 6.8 cm                      
MR 2608
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God Father between Charlemagne and Saint John Baptist. Medallion, gold and tran...

Left: Salome with the head of Saint John Baptist.
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Left: Salome with the head of Saint John Baptist.

The Madonna surrounded by Saints John Baptist,         
Peter and Paul; symbols of the Evangelists;            
Fathers of the church, saints. Early 16th
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The Madonna surrounded by Saints John Baptist, Peter and Paul; symbols...

Salome dancing before Herod,                           
from the MS "Psalter of Paris".                        
MS Grec 139, Vol. 8
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Salome dancing before Herod, from the MS "Psalter of...