The name John is prominent in the New Testament and occurs numerous times. Among Jews of this period, the name was one of the most popular, borne by about five percent of men. Thus, it has long been d
Guido Reni, St. John the Evangelist, 17th century.
Ary Scheffer, Christ and St. John, 19th century
Zampieri St John Evangelist
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John the Baptist was a religious preacher active in the area of the Jordan River in the early first century AD. He is also known as Saint John the Forerunner in Eastern Orthodoxy, Eastern Catholicism,
New Testament people named John
…F.P. Dutripon's Latin Bible concordance (Paris 1838) identified 10 people named Joannes (John) in the Bible, 5 of whom featured in the New Testament: John the Baptist John the Apostle, son of Zebedee, whom Dutripon equated with John the Evangelist, John of Patmos, John the Presbyter, the Beloved Disciple and John of…
Saint John the Baptist, a 1540 painting by Titian
The ruins of Machaerus at a hilltop overlooking the Dead Sea in modern-day Jordan, where John's decapitation reportedly took place around 32 AD.
Salome is given the severed head of John the Baptist. Onorio Marinari, 1670s.
St. John the Baptist Preaching, c. 1665, by Mattia Preti