Christian scripture indicates that John the Baptist survived on “locusts and wild honey” (Mark 1:6 and Matthew 3:4) and locusts are also permissible food (halal) for Muslims, according to the ...

Yet back in the day, locusts were not only one of the 10 plagues immortalized in the story of Passover but also a dietary staple of none other than John the Baptist. John apparently favored them ...

Hence the tree is also known locally as Saint John’s Bread or the locust tree. The “honey” which John the Baptist ate also was likely date honey, as date palms were and still are abundant in ...

He fed on locusts and wild honey. And this is what he proclaimed ... to turn away from sin when you’re as ugly as it. John the Baptist knew that God speaks most clearly through the gritty ...

Locusts are good to eat. St. Matthew says of John the Baptist: “His meat was locusts and wild honey.” Shakespeare in Othello refers ecstatically to food “as luscious as locusts.” ...

It is impossible to imagine the terror that surely struck the heart of John the Baptist as the executioner approached his prison cell. The executioner would have been ...

The site on the Jordanian side of the river looks much like the New Testament describes it when John the Baptist came to live in the wilderness, surviving on locusts and wild honey. UNESCO has ...

He wore a camel-hair shirt, ate locusts and honey, and heralded the kingdom of God. John the Baptist condemned the marriage of Herod Antipas. Unlike Nathan, he ultimately paid with his life.

He explained that St. John the Baptist, who “wore a garment of camel’s hair” and ate “locusts and wild honey,” was inviting everyone to conversion. John the Baptist “was an austere and ...