Jewish prophet and ascetic who baptized Jesus and proclaimed the imminent coming of the Kingdom of God — regarded in Christianity as the last Hebrew prophet and forerunner of Jesus.
Baptism as a Jewish ritual of repentance and moral transformation. Proclaimed a coming figure greater than himself. His execution by Herod Antipas for publicly condemning his marriage became a defining story of prophetic courage.
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