A prophet, leader of a movement in the Judean wilderness when Christ inaugurated his ministry. Wearing a garment of camel’s hair, his eyes ablaze, he stood on the riverbank and warned all who passed to repent of their sins and prepare for the coming day of judgment by receiving baptism in the Jordan river. He baptized Jesus when Christ began his last 3 years of ministry.
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