Al-Maghtas, otherwise known as Bethany Beyond the Jordan, has been a place of pilgrimage for Christians since St John the Baptist conducted his ministry and baptized Jesus of Nazareth. It was also ...

Before He Was Born, St. John the Baptist Knew Jesus The nativity of St. John the Baptist is remembered June 24 in the Church. Rembrandt, “The Visitation,” 1640 (photo: Public Domain) ...

At one point Jesus was discussing John the Baptist and said, “if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is to come” (Matthew 11:14). This has led some New Agers to assert that John the ...

The People and the Book: John of the Wilderness The Essene origins of Christianity By MOSHE DANN JUNE 27, 2018 17:37 Updated: NOVEMBER 29, 2018 12:31 ...

Religion professor and “Finding Jesus” consultant Candida Moss answers viewers’ questions about John the Baptist and relics purporting to be his bones.

Jesus' baptism site overlooking the Jordan River, 6 miles north of the Dead Sea. The Jordanian site includes the spot where UNESCO says Jesus was believed to have been baptized, now inland after ...

Robert Powell, who played Jesus in the 1977 miniseries "Jesus of Nazareth" (inset), hosts a four-part Smithsonian series. Smithsonian Channel; NBC/Everett Collection The famed 1977 British-Italian ...

For John Crocker, associate pastor for missions at Whitesburg Baptist Church in Huntsville, Ala., there's an acre of land in the heart of Nazareth, the city in Israel where Jesus grew up, that's a ...

It is difficult to place Jesus of Nazareth squarely within any of the known religiopolitical movements of his time. He was a man of profound contradictions, one day preaching a message of racial ...