JOHN THE BAPTIST (14)

Question 1

John the Baptist’s parents

Answer 1

ELIZABETH and ZECHARIAH

Question 2

the nativity of John the Baptist

Answer 2

June 24

Question 3

the martyrdom of John the Baptist

Answer 3

August 29

Question 4

John was beheaded at the order of ______

Answer 4

KING HEROD

Question 5

John was a cousin of ____________

Answer 5

JESUS CHRIST

Question 6

the last and the greatest prophet

Answer 6

JOHN THE BAPTIST

Question 7

John prepared the people for the coming of the One who is to baptize not only by water but by the what

Answer 7

HOLY SPIRIT

Question 8

John’s baptism is a Baptism for __________________________

Answer 8

Repentance and Forgiveness of Sins

Question 9

which of his first followers eventually became part of the Twelve Apostles

Answer 9

ANDREW and PHILLIP

Question 10

John declared that he was merely a ___________, and the one coming after him is the one we must look at with admiration and worship

Answer 10

messenger

Question 11

“I am not the Christ, but I have been sent before him. He must _______, I must _______!” (John 3:28, 30)

Answer 11

increase; decrease

Question 12

who said “John is the voice, but the Lord is the Word who was in the beginning. John is the voice that lasts for a time; from the beginning Christ is the Word who lives for ever.”

Answer 12

Saint Augustine of Hippo

Question 13

“John is the _____, but the Lord is the ____ who was in the beginning. John is the voice that lasts ______; from the beginning Christ is the Word who lives ______.”

Answer 13

voice; Word

for a time; for ever