John the Baptist was killed because he was critical of the contemporary Herodian ruler, Herod Antipas. All of the sources agree on that, both Josephus and the testimony of the gospels.

View Portrait sketch of John the Baptist together with a portrait of an Algerian woman wearing a headscarf by Jules Pierre van Biesbroeck on artnet. Browse upcoming and past auction lots by Jules ...

antonio canova; the infant st john the baptist, presumed to have been conceived as a portrait of napoleon ii, roi de rome; 65 x 35 x 43 cm. (25.6 x 13.8 x 16.9 in.) ...

Like the rest of us, John the Baptist probably only had one head. Yet at least four religious sites across the world claim to possess the skull of the influential Christian figure.

The second episode of legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese's Fox Nation series "The Saints" focuses on John the Baptist, a pillar of Christianity and the patron saint of converts.

Religion professor and “Finding Jesus” consultant Candida Moss answers viewers’ questions about John the Baptist and relics purporting to be his bones.

Art Institute's elaborately displayed tooth, thought to belong to John the Baptist, turns out not to The results, not widely disseminated, showed it was from someone in the 5th century, too young ...