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5 days ago · Tradition holds that today St. John the Baptist was beheaded. Today, we mark his martyrdom. The account of his murder is today’s Gospel: Mark 6:17-29. St. John the Baptist was, of course, a key figure announcing the Advent of Jesus. He accompanies us through much of Advent.
2 days ago · The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, 1608 (Valletta Co-Cathedral, Malta) 12 ft by 17 ft Listen to Pastor Nick read the “Firestarter” and the reading. After Jesus’s family rejects him, further family pain comes in the murder of his cousin, John the Baptist. Herod Antipas beheads this last and greatest of the prophets. This…
5 days ago · The daughter asked Herodias what to ask for, and the sinister response was straightforward: “The head of John the Baptist.” The girl relayed this horrifying message to Herod, who was distressed by her words, since Mark tells us “Herod feared John, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man.”
2 days ago · That’s the difference between John the Baptist and Herod in today’s gospel (Mark 6:14-29). We often hear this story as being about the beheading of John the Baptist but here’s what strikes me about today’s gospel. John wasn’t the only one or even the first one to lose his head. Herod also lost his head. His head was the first to roll.
2 days ago · A livestream of the service from St Laurence Barkingside, featuring worship, teaching and Holy Communion. What does the beheading of John the Baptist have to...
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2 days ago · Herodias hates John for this and uses Herod’s lust for her daughter Salome to bring about John’s beheading. On one end of John’s life is a miraculous birth narrative that rivals that of his ...
21 hours ago · Underneath the work depicting the beheading of John the Baptist, the team found an image detailing a nativity scene. ... The painting of John the Baptist is about 400 years old.
