Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will name him John” (Luke 1:13 ... even before his birth he will be filled with the Holy Spirit” (Luke 1:12-15). Courtesy National Geographic ...

(The birth of John the Baptist was a miracle. Here's why.) After John the Baptist was beheaded, his body was reportedly buried at Sebastia, in modern Palestine. Yet his head was discovered and ...

Our knowledge of the figure of John the Baptist is very limited. We have only those references to him in the Christian gospels, where he stands alongside of Jesus. We also have references to him ...

The Birth and Naming of Saint John the Baptist; (reverse) Trompe-l'oeil with Painting of The Man of Sorrows [2001.216.3] ...

“St. John the Baptist, we praise your great glory, for you consecrated him for a singular honor among those born of women.” “His birth brought great rejoicing; even in the womb he leapt for ...

History knows him as John the Baptist – a fisher of men, a voice in the wilderness, the baptizer of Jesus, and a pillar of the Christian faith. Though he met his end at the whim of a vengeful ...

this scene suggests a comfortable burgher’s home in 15th-century Ghent or Bruges in which the artist transforms a contemporary setting to frame the story of the birth of John the Baptist. Having just ...

Donation Options Search Search Search An ancient tooth in a crystal vessel inside a gilded silver frame at the Art Institute of Chicago was long thought to belong to John the Baptist, a ...