Jesus & John

A look at John the Baptist’s relationship to the Messiah of Israel John the Baptist is one of the strangest, most unusual, and most interesting people found in the pages of the Bible. From the predicted forerunner of the Messiah who cried out in the wilderness (Isa. 40:3; Mal. 3:1; Mk. 1:2–3) to the baptizer of Jesus (Mt. 3:13–17) to the victim of a cruel death at the hands of Herod the tet