That Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist is as certain as anything historians know about Jesus. It is somewhat clouded, however, in our present texts by the fact that later followers of Jesus ...

The Revs. Ben Ford and Kathryn Almendarez say John the Baptist was correct in a sense for saying he should have been baptized by Jesus, but the event was also essential as the transference of the ...

Being at the place where Jesus was baptized by St John the Baptist (the name of the school I attended) was quite monumental and moving. In a lifetime of travel experiences through 50+ countries ...

John the Baptist was more than a preacher, he was the man who baptized Jesus. Often called the forerunner of Christ, the Bible says John the Baptist was actually Jesus's cousin. Much like his ...

John the Baptist was one of Jesus’ contemporaries ... Some time before his demise, John was said to have baptized Jesus in the River Jordan, and they might have been cousins.

on Friday consecrated a new church at a place on the banks of the Jordan River that the Catholic Church officially recognizes as the site where John the Baptist baptized Jesus. Parolin inaugurated ...

Purported skeletal remains of John the Baptist have been dated to the first century A.D. and so could conceivably have belonged to the "forerunner of Christ," who baptized Jesus, scientists say.

Situated in a pristine natural environment the site is believed to be the location where Jesus of Nazareth was baptized by John the Baptist. It features Roman and Byzantine remains including churches ...

That Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist is as certain as anything historians know about Jesus. It is somewhat clouded, however, in our present texts by the fact that later followers of Jesus ...

Friday consecrated a new Catholic church at Bethany Beyond the Jordan on the banks of the Jordan River officially recognized by the church as the site where John the Baptist baptized Jesus.