The start of Jesus’ ministry in Galilee is introduced by a somber note: the arrest of John the Baptist. Matthew will later tell the story in detail: Herod Antipas, ruler of Galilee under the Roman ...

From December 25 to January 6, there became a 12-day period from the one major celebration to the next major observance. Thus ...

and the parallel story of the birth of John the Baptist. For Matthew, the birth of Jesus is an event that merits the attention of the powerful: sorcerers from the east, King Herod of the Jews.

and the parallel story of the birth of John the Baptist. For Matthew, the birth of Jesus is an event that merits the attention of the powerful: sorcerers from the east, King Herod of the Jews. For ...

Saint John the Forerunner and Baptist is a central figure in Christian faith, a spiritual beacon who shaped the history of salvation. Known as “the last of the prophets,” he..

Herod was simply the most successful warlord ... When even Jesus’ own prophetically-inspired cousin, John the Baptist, expresses doubts as to whether He really is the right one, Jesus responds ...

John the Baptist was killed because he was critical of the contemporary Herodian ruler, Herod Antipas. All of the sources agree on that, both Josephus and the testimony of the gospels. Exactly ...

Father Jim Livingston, the pastor of St. Paul in Ham Lake, noted that in the passage from the Gospel of Matthew referencing ...

After denouncing Herod Antipas, the ruler of Galilee, John the Baptist was imprisoned and beheaded at the request of the tetrarch's stepdaughter. The Roman soldier Sebastian was shot through the ...

The gospel lectionary reading for the First Sunday of Epiphany/the Baptism of Christ in this Year C is Luke 3.15–17, 21–22. We have recently been exploring Luke 3 during Advent, having read the first ...