# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-the-baptist
# Generated: 2026-08-31T13:50:10.658Z

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name: "John the Baptist"
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description: "A first-century Jewish preacher who baptized in the Jordan and called for repentance before a coming messiah — then identified that messiah as his own younger relative. He lost his head for rebuking a ruler's unlawful marriage, but his movement outlasted him by centuries."
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deathDate: "30"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  John was active around the Jordan River in the early first century AD, possibly connected to the Essenes, a semi-ascetic sect that practiced ritual baptism and awaited a messiah. He made baptism the central act of his pre-messianic movement and drew followers who later became some of Jesus's earliest disciples. According to the Gospels, John and Jesus were relatives, and John is portrayed as the forerunner who anticipated someone greater than himself — Jesus later called him "Elijah who is to come." Around AD 30, John publicly rebuked Herod Antipas for divorcing his wife and unlawfully marrying Herodias, his brother's wife. Herod had him beheaded at the fortress of Machaerus. His followers persisted into the second century, some proclaiming him the Messiah; today the Mandaeans consider him their greatest and final prophet.