John (the Baptist)

Why did Peter get so much credit for recognizing who Jesus was, when others had already recognized Him as Messiah? [Matthew 16:13-20, Matthew 11:2-6].

Is a different word used for "beheaded" for John the Baptist, than used for the martyrs in Revelation 20 [Revelation 20:4, Mark 6:14-29, Matthew 14:1-14].

When John the Baptist announced that He will come and “baptize with fire”” could the “fire” be the tongues of fire at Pentecost?” [Matthew 3:10-12, John 1:26-28, Isaiah 4:3-6, John 14:2-3, John 14:23].

Was John’s “baptism of repentance” related to the teaching of the Kingdom of God? [Malachi 3:1, Isaiah 40:6, Acts 19:4].

In Acts 13:25, was Paul nearly paraphrasing what John the Baptist said about identifying who Jesus is? [John 1:20, John 1:27, Acts 13:25].

Does everyone have free will, or is it for only certain people, like Jeremiah and John the Baptist? [Proverbs 16:1, Proverbs 16:9, Matthew 5:28, Exodus 7:3, Exodus 7:13, Exodus 9:12, Jeremiah 1:5, Galatians 1:15-17].

Isn't there a difference between "remission" and 'forgiveness" of sin? Isn't there a difference between the baptism of Jesus and John the Baptist's baptism? [Matthew 1:4, Acts 2:38, Acts 19:1-7].

Were John the Baptist's baptisms different than after the baptisms that happened after Jesus died?

What were the actions that preceded the terrible judgment of A.D.70 about which John the Baptist warns? Who is he addressing? [Matthew 15:8-9, Matthew 23:31-33, Ezekiel 14:3, Isaiah 29:13, Matthew 3:1-12, Luke 3:2-16, Matthew 23:37].

How could John have baptized Jesus if he was in prison? [Luke 3:20-21].

Were Jesus and John the Baptist equal spokespersons for God regarding forgiveness based on repentance? Or did Jesus have more authority to do so? [Matthew 9:2, Luke 5:20].

Which John was the writer of the epistles?

Why is Assyria described as "God's handiwork" in Isaiah 19? [Isaiah 19:23-25, Isaiah 11:16, Isaiah 35:10, Isaiah 40:3, Ephesians 2:15-16].

Why was Jesus baptized and in what way did it "fulfill all righteousness?" [Matthew 3:15, Mark 1:4-8, Matthew 3:6].

Didn't the diet of John the Baptist, which included locusts, contradict the dietary laws he was required to keep? [Leviticus 11:20-23].

Did John the Baptist leave the wilderness and come into town preaching because everyone knew him, including Herod? [Luke 3:19-20].

Why didn't John the Baptist immediately ask Jesus if He was the Christ? [Matthew 11:3].

Didn't John the Baptist know Jesus all their lives and he would have been known as a righteous man? [John 1:31-33, Matthew 3:14].

Did John the Baptist avoid drinking wine because he was a Nazarite? [Matthew 11:18-19].

Why is the phrase "born of woman" used here about John the Baptist, since Jesus was also "born of a woman?" [Matthew 11:11, John 1:13].

Did John the Baptist only eat wild honey and locusts for his entire diet? [Matthew 3:4]

Could you explain the passage about "mourning" vs "playing the flute?" [Matthew 11:16-17].

What is the difference between the baptism of John the Baptist and what we do now in baptism? [Acts 19:1-5, 1 Corinthians 10:2].

Who was John the Baptist baptizing people into? Who invented baptism?

Does the translation of the word for "world" in the verse where John the Baptist says, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world?" allow for the Calvinvist view that reduces salvation to the limited chosen or elect? [John 1:29, 1 John 2:1-2, 1 John 5:19].

Can you explain the relationship between "John the Baptist" and the "Spirit of Elijah?"[Malachi 4:4, Luke 21:20ff, Luke 1:17, Matthew 11:14, 1 Corinthians 2:14].

Should we still be baptized with water, or is the "baptism of repentance" how we should think of it, no longer using water, but laying on of hands? [Acts 19:1-7, Acts 10:47].

Since the baptism of John the Baptist was a "baptism of repentance," was it symbolic of repentance back to The Law?

Someone disagrees that John the Baptist and Elijah are not paralleled because John did not succeed in turning the country around? [Malachi 4:5-6, Matthew 11:13-14, Matthew 17:11-13].

Could you explain the reference to John the Baptist and some not recognizing him as Elijah? [Matthew 11:11, Matthew 17:12].

Could you explain the correlation between John the Baptist and the spirit of Elijah? [Malachi 3-4, Luke 21:20f, Matthew 11:14, Luke 1:17, John 1:21].

Who was the Prophet that was expected? [John 1:21, John 6:14]

John the Baptist said he wasn't Elijah but Jesus said he was Elijah. Which is it? [Matthew 11:14, Matthew 17:12-13, John 1:21, 1 Corinthians 2:14]

Jesus said that John the Baptist was the spirit of Elijah that has come, but John the Baptist says he was not Elijah. Why the contradiction? [John 1:19-28, Matthew 17:11-13]

In light of previous call, the caller still maintains there will be a future Eliajah the Prophet, besides the John the Baptist, & want to know what Steve thinks of a passage in Matthew. [Matthew 17:11-13]

I was reading a commentary by Zalbert Barnes who says that Elijah is going to come yet again Great & Terrible day of the Secoming of Christ even though he was John the Baptist during Jesus' first Advent. What do you think? [Malachi 4:1-6]

What this verse is saying about the prophets & the law prophesying until John the Baptist came? [Matthew 11:13]

Is John the Baptist a reincarnation of Elijah? [Matthew 17:12, Matthew 11:12, Malachi 4:5-6, John 1:21].

Did the mothers of both Samson and John the Baptist have to adhere to the Nazarite vow restrictions? why did Jesus and Mary both not have to stick to the same rules? [Numbers 6:1-21, Acts 18:18, Matthew 11:18-19].

Why did John the Baptist ask Jesus if He was the one? [Matthew 11:3].

When "baptism" is mentioned in the book of Acts, is it talking about water baptism or the baptism of the Holy Spirit? [Acts 25:18, Acts 19:1-5, Acts 1:5, Acts 2:38, Matthew 3:11, Acts 8:36, Acts 2:4, Acts 1:8, Acts 10:47].

Did the spirit of Elijah go into John the Baptist? [Matthew 11:14, Genesis 22:5].

Isn't scripture telling us that we actually have a greater position having the Holy Spirit, even than John the Baptist? [Hebrews 10:20, Hebrew 8:6].

Was John the Baptist Elijah? [Matthew 11:11-14, Matthew 17:10-13, Malachi 4:5-6, Luke 1:17]

What was the purpose of John the Baptist's baptism if it wasn't the same after Jesus died?

They weren't supposed to eat insects, so how does John the Baptist & eating grasshoppers fit together? [Deuteronomy 14:19]

Who is the prophet being referred to at the end of Deuteronomy? Could it have been Paul? [Deuteronomy 18:15]

When they asked John the Baptist if he was "that prophet" (not Elijah), who were they referring to? [John 1:19-23, Deuteronomy 34:10, Acts 3:19, Acts 7:37]

What were the disciples baptizing for since Jesus hadn't died & rose again yet? The same as John the Baptist's baptism about Repentance? [John 4:1-2, Acts 19]

Was John the Baptist the fulfillment of Elijah, & what did he mean by the restoration of all things? [Malachi 4:5-6]