John the Baptist

Prophet (6 BC – AD 30)

John the Baptist (c. 6 BC – c. AD 30) was an itinerant Jewish preacher (Hebrew name Yochanan) who was active in the area of the Jordan River in the early 1st century AD. Sometimes referred to as John the Baptizer, he is known as Saint John the Forerunner in Eastern Orthodoxy, Eastern Catholicism, and Oriental Orthodoxy, as Saint John the Immerser in the Baptist tradition, and as the prophet Yahya ibn Zakariya in Islam. John the Baptist is revered as a major religious figure in Christianity, Islam, the Baháʼí Faith, the Druze faith, and Mandaeism; in the last of these he is considered to be the final and most vital prophet. He is regarded as a prophet of God by all of the aforementioned faiths, and is honoured as a saint in many Christian denominations.

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