John the Baptist - Trier, Germany
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N 49° 45.250 E 006° 38.168
32U E 329734 N 5513980
Statue of John the Baptist in an extension to the facade of Haus Venedig located at Brückenstraße 2 in Trier, Germany.
Waymark Code: WM17D29
Location: Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Date Posted: 01/29/2023
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"John the Baptist, Latin Ioannes Baptista (born about 5 B.C.; died about 30 or before 36 A.D.), was a Jewish penitential preacher who appeared in Galilee and Judea about A.D. 28. He was active in Palestinian Judaism and also had followers in the Jewish diaspora. His historicity was also partly disputed, but according to today's prevailing view, it is confirmed by the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus.
John is portrayed in the New Testament, written in Greek by early Christians, as a prophet of the end times with his own following and a forerunner of Jesus Christ. Subsequently, many churches venerate him as a saint. The Mandaeans traced their religion back to him and consider him their most important reformer. In the Koran, the sacred scripture of Islam, John is the third last prophet before ?Isa ibn Maryam (Jesus) and Mohammed (Sura 3:39)."
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