John the Baptist
John the Baptist is described as a figure whose testimony led Andrew to follow Jesus. Andrew was his disciple before becoming a disciple of Jesus. The text highlights his role as a teacher and influencer.
↻ synthesized from 7 sources
When
- First attested
- 6 BCE
- Attested period
- -6 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Jewish preacher active in the early first century AD.
Relationships
- teacher of
- Andrew the Apostle, Andrew, Jesus
- co occurs with
- Gabriel, the prophet, Benedict of Nursia, Barbara, Eligius, Thérèse of Lisieux, Fiacre, James (son of Zebedee), Bernard of Vienne, Botolph, Isidore the Farmer, Notburga, Phocas the Gardener, Theobald of Provins, Walstan, Medard, Eustace, Benno, Our Lady of Salambao, Peter the Apostle, Zeno of Verona, Magnus of Avignon, Bona of Pisa, Dorothea of Caesarea, Honorius of Amiens, John Gualbert, Anastasius the Fuller, Joseph of Arimathea, Hubert of Liège, Thomas the Apostle, Sebastian, John Bosco, Ignatius of Loyola, St. Catherine of Alexandria, Virgin of Los Remedios, Our Lady of Good Voyage, Our Lady of Assumption, Our Lady of the Pillar, Gundisalvus of Amarante, Anthony of Padua, Our Lady of the Conception, Our Lady of Victory, Joseph, Mary, Our Lady of the Rosary, Michael, Demetrios, Humbert of Maroilles, Boniface, James the Greater, Saint Lucy, Jerome, Bonaventure, Saint Joseph, Immaculate Conception, Bernardino of Siena, Martha, Peter Claver, Nicholas of Tolentino, Saint Roch, Elizabeth of Hungary, Gertrude the Great, Saint Boniface, Our Lady of Las Lajas, Lawrence of Rome, Virgin of Mercy, George, Florian, Bartholomew, Peter, Vitus, Martin of Tours, Gotthard of Hildesheim, Wenceslaus, Saint Primitivus, Saint Constantius, Saint Auratianus, Melchior Grodziecki, Clement of Rome, Hippolytus of Rome, John of Nepomuk, Paulina of Rome, Pope Pius V, Saint Ligorius, Procopius of Sázava, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul the Apostle, Saint Barbara, Virgin of Candelaria, Paul
- manifests as
- Elijah
- enemy of
- Herod Antipas
- allied with
- Jesus
- child of
- Zechariah
- manifested by
- Elijah
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“The Gospel of John states that Andrew was a disciple of John the Baptist, whose testimony first led him, and another unnamed disciple of John the Baptist, traditionally believed to be John the Apostle, to follow Jesus and spend the day with him, thus becoming the first two disciples called by Jesus.”
#1051 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Although the Gospel of Mark implies that the arrival of John the Baptist is the fulfilment of a prophecy from the Book of Isaiah, the words quoted ("I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way – a voice of one calling in the wilderness, 'Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.'") are a composite of texts from Isaiah, Malachi and the Book of Exodus.”
#1187 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“the arrival of John the Baptist is the fulfilment of a prophecy...I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way – a voice of one calling in the wilderness, 'Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.'”
#1718 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“In 1908, Pope Pius X designated John the Baptist as the patron saint of the French-Canadians.”
#17834 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Farriers - Eligius, John the Baptist”
#35456 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001