John the Baptist - tradução para grego
![Armenian]] kisses the hand of St John the Baptist at [[Chinsurah]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Armenian Chinsurah 2.jpg?width=200 "Armenian]] kisses the hand of St John the Baptist at [[Chinsurah]].")
![''The Birth of John the Baptist'', a fresco in the [[Tornabuoni Chapel]] in [[Florence]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cappella tornabuoni, 12, Nascita di san giovanni battista.jpg?width=200 "''The Birth of John the Baptist'', a fresco in the [[Tornabuoni Chapel]] in [[Florence]]")
![Catholic church at his traditional birthplace in [[Ein Kerem]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ein Kerem Church of St John the Baptist by David Shankbone.jpg?width=200 "Catholic church at his traditional birthplace in [[Ein Kerem]]")
![John the Baptist setting off into the desert, by [[Giovanni di Paolo]], 1454](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Giovanni di paolo, scene della vita del battista, 1454, 02 partenza per il deserto 1.jpg?width=200 "John the Baptist setting off into the desert, by [[Giovanni di Paolo]], 1454")
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![John the Baptist (right) with the [[Christ Child]], in ''The Holy Children with a Shell'' by [[Bartolomé Esteban Murillo]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/InfantJesus JohnBaptist.JPG?width=200 "John the Baptist (right) with the [[Christ Child]], in ''The Holy Children with a Shell'' by [[Bartolomé Esteban Murillo]]")
![St John (right) in ''[[Christ in the House of His Parents]]'' by [[John Everett Millais]], 1849–50](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John Everett Millais - Christ in the House of His Parents (`The Carpenter's Shop') - Google Art Project.jpg?width=200 "St John (right) in ''[[Christ in the House of His Parents]]'' by [[John Everett Millais]], 1849–50")
![Eastern Orthodox [[icon]] ''John the Baptist – the Angel of the Desert'' ([[Stroganov School]], 1620s) [[Tretyakov Gallery]], [[Moscow]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John the Baptist by Prokopiy Chirin (1620s, GTG) (cropped).jpg?width=200 "Eastern Orthodox [[icon]] ''John the Baptist – the Angel of the Desert'' ([[Stroganov School]], 1620s) [[Tretyakov Gallery]], [[Moscow]]")
![The Druze Maqam al-Nabi Yahya (John the Baptist) in [[As-Suwayda Governorate]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maqam Yahya (John the Baptist).jpg?width=200 "The Druze Maqam al-Nabi Yahya (John the Baptist) in [[As-Suwayda Governorate]].")
![''Beheading of St John the Baptist'' by [[Massimo Stanzione]], 1635](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Massimo Stanzione - Beheading of St John the Baptist - WGA21701.jpg?width=200 "''Beheading of St John the Baptist'' by [[Massimo Stanzione]], 1635")
![1665}}, by [[Mattia Preti]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mattia Preti - San Giovanni Battista Predicazione.jpg?width=200 "1665}}, by [[Mattia Preti]]")
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![[[Monastery of Saint John in the Wilderness]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MonasteryOfSt.ohnInTheWildernessFeb122022 04.jpg?width=200 "[[Monastery of Saint John in the Wilderness]]")
![Sebastia]], near [[Nablus]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nabi Yahya Mosque, Sebastia, c. 1920.jpg?width=200 "Sebastia]], near [[Nablus]]")
![[[Salome]] is given the severed head of John the Baptist, [[Onorio Marinari]], 1670s](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Onorio Marinari Salomé con la cabeza del Bautista 1680 Minneapolis MA.jpg?width=200 "[[Salome]] is given the severed head of John the Baptist, [[Onorio Marinari]], 1670s")
![Wooden statue. [[Pietro Paolo Azzopardi]], 1845, [[Xewkija]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/St John the Baptist Titular Statue of Xewkija Gozo, Malta.jpg?width=200 "Wooden statue. [[Pietro Paolo Azzopardi]], 1845, [[Xewkija]].")
![Coptic]] [[monastery]] in [[Lower Egypt]]. The bones of Saint John the Baptist were said to have been found here.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/St John the Baptists tomb.JPG?width=200 "Coptic]] [[monastery]] in [[Lower Egypt]]. The bones of Saint John the Baptist were said to have been found here.")
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![Shrine of John the Baptist in the [[Umayyad Mosque]], which purportedly houses John the Baptist's head](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The shrine of John the Baptist, Damascus, April 2008.jpg?width=200 "Shrine of John the Baptist in the [[Umayyad Mosque]], which purportedly houses John the Baptist's head")
![1513–1516}}), [[Leonardo da Vinci]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leonardo da Vinci - St John the Baptist - WGA12723.jpg?width=200 "1513–1516}}), [[Leonardo da Vinci]]")
![''John the Baptist in the desert'' (1577–1621), [[Cristofano Allori]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Allori C San Giovanni.jpg?width=200 "''John the Baptist in the desert'' (1577–1621), [[Cristofano Allori]]")
![''John the Baptist'' (17th century), [[Michele Fabris]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fondazione Querini Stampalia - San Giovanni Battista (1674-81) - Michele Fabris.jpg?width=200 "''John the Baptist'' (17th century), [[Michele Fabris]]")
![1869}}, [[Puvis de Chavannes]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre-Cécile - The Beheading of St John the Baptist - c. 1869.jpg?width=200 "1869}}, [[Puvis de Chavannes]]")
![John Dory, by [[William MacGillivray]], c. 1840](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MacGillivray, William John Dory.jpg?width=200 "John Dory, by [[William MacGillivray]], c. 1840")
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John the Baptist (c. 1st century BC – c. AD 30) was a Judaean preacher active in the area of the Jordan River in the early 1st century AD. He is also known as John the Forerunner in Christianity, John the Immerser in some Baptist Christian traditions, and Prophet Yahya in Islam. He is sometimes alternatively referred to as John the Baptiser.
John is mentioned by the Roman Jewish historian Josephus and he is revered as a major religious figure in Christianity, Islam, the Baháʼí Faith, the Druze Faith, and Mandaeism, the latter in which he is considered to be the final and most vital prophet. He is considered to be a prophet of God by all of the aforementioned faiths, and is honoured as a saint in many Christian denominations. According to the New Testament, John anticipated a messianic figure greater than himself, and the Gospels portray John as the precursor or forerunner of Jesus. Jesus himself identifies John as "Elijah who is to come", which is a direct reference to the Book of Malachi (Malachi 4:5), that has been confirmed by the angel who announced John's birth to his father, Zechariah. According to the Gospel of Luke, John and Jesus were relatives.
Some scholars maintain that John belonged to the Essenes, a semi-ascetic Jewish sect who expected a messiah and practiced ritual baptism. John used baptism as the central symbol or sacrament of his pre-messianic movement. Most biblical scholars agree that John baptized Jesus, and several New Testament accounts report that some of Jesus' early followers had previously been followers of John.
According to the New Testament, John was sentenced to death and subsequently beheaded by Herod Antipas around AD 30 after John rebuked him for divorcing his wife Phasaelis and then unlawfully wedding Herodias, the wife of his brother Herod Philip I. Josephus also mentions John in the Antiquities of the Jews and states that he was executed by order of Herod Antipas in the fortress at Machaerus.
Followers of John existed well into the 2nd century AD, and some proclaimed him to be the messiah. In modern times, the followers of John the Baptist are the Mandaeans, an ancient ethnoreligious group who believe that he is their greatest and final prophet.
