John The Baptist Flashcards
When did John the Baptist appear in Palestine?
Around the year 27 AD
What strange clothes did he wear?
A tunic made of camel skin, with a leather belt around his waist
What strange food did he eat?
Locusts and wild honey
What strange things did John the Baptist do?
He stood on the banks of the River Jordan close by to where people used to cross the river and he preaches to them. Also, he told them that their long-awaited Saviour, the Messiah, was coming soon and that they would need to turn away from their sins (repent) if they wanted the Messiah to include them among his people
What did John think of himself as?
A kind of “forerunner”
What is a forerunner?
Someone sent ahead of an important person to prepare the way for his coming
True or False:
Many people believed John’s message and did turn away from their sins.
True
What did the people who did turn away from their sins do?
Wade out to John in the River Jordan and he would dip them under the water
What did it mean when John dipped them under the water?
It was a sign that their sins were being washed away and that they were now clean in heart as well as in body
What is the Greek word for dipping?
Baptise
What was John’s nickname?
John the Baptist
Was John an only child
Yes
What were the names of John’s parents
Elizabeth and Zechariah
What was Zechariah?
A priest in the temple at Jerusalem
One day what did Zechariah see inside the temple?
The Angel Gabriel
Did Zechariah believe the angel at first when he and his wife were told that they would have a son?
No
When did Zechariah speak again after he was told about having a son?
His son John was born
What does the Hebrew word “John” mean?
“Gift of God”
Why did Zechariah and Elizabeth call their child John?
He was a real gift from God
Was Elizabeth not a relation of Mary
No, she was
What relationship did John and Jesus have?
They were second cousins
Where did John live after his parents died?
He lived in the desert not far from his home town of Ain Karem
In the desert what did John do?
He prayed and thought a lot about what God wanted him to do
What did the tough out there in the desert make John
A strong person
What did John do when he left the desert?
He began preaching
What did John call upon the Jewish people to do because God’s Kingdom was near?
Turn away from their sinful practices
Among those who did John rebuke?
Herod Antipas, ruler of Galilee
Why did John rebuke Herod?
Herod had married Herodias, his brother’s wife
Who was Herodias’ daughter
Salome
What did Herod Antipas, who was son of Herod the great do to John?
He arrested John and put him into prison
What did Herodias do on Herod’s birthday?
She got her daughter, Salome, to dance before the King
Herod Antipas was so pleased after Salome danced that he did what?
He, foolishly, promised her anything she wished
Did Salome know what to ask for?
Yes
Primed beforehand by her mother on what to say, what did Salome ask for?
The head of John the Baptist
Was Herod not sorry about taking the head of John the Baptist?
No, he was very sorry; however he could not break his promise
When John was beheaded, what was his head brought on, into the palace?
A silver plate
So died one of the ……………… ………… …… ……… …………
So died one of the greatest men in the Bible
Where had Jesus worked quietly in Nazareth?
In his father’s carpentry shop
The money Jesus earned from the jobs he did helped what?
Provide food for his mother and brothers and sisters
Since Jesus’s father had died some years ago what did Jesus have to do?
Being the oldest son, it was his responsibility to provide food for his family
What happened when the brothers of Jesus had grown up?
They were able to provide their own income
When Jesus was a young man of 30, what had he longed to do?
The work he was sure God had sent him into the world to do
Did he wonder when his time would come?
Yes
One day a traveler arrived in Nazareth, what did he bring?
News of a great happening in Judia
A man named John with very strange clothes was preaching where?
Beside the banks of the River Jordan
What was John doing, beside the banks of the River Jordan, as well as preaching to the people who came to hear him?
Telling the people God’s Saviour- the man the Jews called The Messiah- was coming soon
What did John tell the people, who listened to him, to stop doing?
Wrong things and to obey God
What happened to those who agreed to John?
They were washed with water from the River Jordan as a sign that their sins were taken away
What is it called to have all of your sins taken away?
Being baptised
As soon as Jesus heard the news, what did he know instantly?
This was the moment he had been waiting for
After Jesus said goodbye to his mother, brothers and sisters what did he do?
He made his way to Judea to hear John
As Jesus stood in the crowd listening to John, what did something inside him tell him to do?
Go forward and be baptised by John
How did Jesus come to John?
He waded through the river
Did John seem to not recognize Jesus?
No, he seemed to recognize Jesus
What did John firstly say to Jesus?
You don’t need to be baptised by me
Why did John think that Jesus did not have to be baptised?
John’s baptism was only for sinners and Jesus had never sinned
What was the other sentence John said to Jesus?
You should be baptising me instead
Why did Jesus want the baptising to go ahead?
He said that this is what God wanted him to do
Did John baptise Jesus?
Yes
As Jesus came up from the water what had he heard?
God speaking to him
What did God say to Jesus?
This is my beloved son, with him I am well pleased
After Jesus was baptised was he happy or sad?
Happy
When Jesus looked up into the sky what did he see?
A dove
When he saw the dove, what did he suddenly feel?
A power surging through his body
What was the power surging through his body
God’s Holy Spirit
God’s Holy Spirit surging through his body meant what?
Jesus was being equipped with God’s power to help him do the work he had come to earth to do - the work of saving and healing people; the work of the Messiah
What had Angel Gabriel done to Zechariah after she told him that he would have a child?
Struck mute/dumb/stupid
What did John do in the desert?
He wandered
Who did a John begin to tell people about?
Jesus
When did John’s parents die roughly?
27AD
Why was John like a forerunner?
He told people to “repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near” and “Jesus is coming” on the banks of the River Jordan
When Jesus asks John to baptise him what does John say?
I am not worthy
What is the trinity?
When the father, Son and a Holy Spirit are together
When Jesus was being baptised what was the trinity?
Father-voice (“this is my beloved Son, with him I am well pleased”)
Son-in water
Holy Spirit-a dove alighting
How did John’s death occur?
John rebukes (scolds) King Herod for taking his brother’s wife. Herodias is furious. Plots to kill John! King’s birthday, Salome dances, King grants her ‘anything’! Salome primed to ask for John’s head-beheaded
When was John born?
John was born 6 months before Jesus, around the year 0
Who did John scold and why?
He scolded Herod for taking his brothers wife and for all of the evil things he had done
