BIBLE PEOPLE: MEN NAMED JOHN, PART 2

The Preaching of St. John the Baptist 

by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1566

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BIBLE MEN NAMED JOHN:


JOHN, CALLED MARK



ACTS 15: 36-37 & 39


36 Then after some days, Paul said
to Barnabas, “Let us now go back 
and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word
of the Lord, and see how they are doing.” 
37 Now Barnabas was determined to take with them John called Mark. 


39 Then the contention became so sharp that they parted from one another. And so Barnabas took Mark and sailed to Cyprus.

JOHN, THE BAPTIST


LUKE 1: 11-13, 15, 57, 59-60, & 80

11 Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense. 

12 And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him.

13 But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your prayer is heard; and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

15 For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink. He will also be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.

57 Now Elizabeth’s full time came for her to be delivered, and she brought forth a son.

59 So it was, on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him by the name of his father, Zacharias.

60 His mother answered and said, “No; he shall be called John.”

80 So the child grew and became strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his manifestation to Israel.

MATTHEW 3: 1-2 & 4-6, 

& 13-17

1 In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 

2 and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

4 Now John himself was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey. 

5 Then Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him 

6 and were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.

13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him. 

14 And John tried to prevent Him, saying, “I need to be baptized by You, and are You coming to me?”

15 But Jesus answered and said to him, “Permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed Him.

16 When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and

He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. 

17 And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

MARK 6: 16-18, 22, 25, & 27-29

16 But when Herod heard, he said, “This is John whom I beheaded; he has been raised from the dead!” 

17 For Herod himself had sent and laid hold of John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife; for he had married her. 

18 Because John had said to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.

22 And when Herodias’ daughter herself came in and danced, and pleased Herod and those who sat with him, the king said to the girl, “Ask me whatever you want, and I will give it to you.” 

25 Immediately she came in with haste to the king and asked, saying, “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”

 27 Immediately the king sent an executioner and commanded his head to be brought. And he went and beheaded him in prison, 

28 brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother. 

29 When his disciples heard of it, they came and took away his corpse and laid it in a tomb.