Bible Encyclopedia: John: A Nazarite

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Annunciation to Zacharias of the Birth of John the Baptist.
... and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. ...
the history of Samson (Judges 13:3-5) and the law of the Nazarite"Numbers 6:2 ...
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The Annunciation of St. John the Baptist
... of so many prayers, who was to bear the significant name of John (Jehochanan, or ...
be great before the Lord; not only an ordinary, but a life-Nazarite, [651] as ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter iii the annunciation of.htm

His Schools and Schoolmasters.
... In some cases, the vow of the Nazarite might be taken for a time, or, as in
the case of Samson, Samuel, and John, it might be for life. ...
/.../meyer/john the baptist/iii his schools and schoolmasters.htm

Elijah Come Again
... Let us take God's standard. John was to be a Nazarite, living not for the
senses, but the soul, as all God's great ones have to be. ...
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Introduction.
... There is the hair of religion and faith; the hair of the Nazarite perfect in the
Law, consecrated in sparingness and abstinence, with which ... [1009] S. John 5:17 ...
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Some Other Writers of the New Testament
... (John 21. This Epistle of St. ... James and St. Jude. Eusebius, the first Christian
historian"born 260 AD, died 340"tells us that James was a Nazarite. ...
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The Martyrdom of James the Apostle.
... it is impossible to say; compare the story which he tells of John, quoted by ... Epiphanius
reports that he was unmarried, and lived the life of a Nazarite; but he ...
/.../pamphilius/church history/chapter ix the martyrdom of james.htm

The First Ministry of the Baptist.
... Nazarite. The story of his miraculous birth, and the expectations it had aroused,
had almost died out of the memory of the countryside. For many years John had ...
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Acts xviii. 18
... 11:19.) As, "blessed are they that have not seen and yet have believed" (John
20:29), so ... in v. 18: (1) What kind of a vow it was, whether the Nazarite vow or ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on acts and romans/homily xl acts xviii 18.htm

The Voice in the Wilderness
... Dedicated to God as a Nazarite from his birth, he made the vow his own in a life ...
But the life of John was not spent in idleness, in ascetic gloom, or in selfish ...
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Matthew 11:18
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a devil.
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Luke 1:15
For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.
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Luke 7:33
For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and you say, He has a devil.
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Subtopics

John: A Relative of Annas the High Priest

John: Affected Probably by the Doctrines of the Stoics

John: Baptizes Jesus

John: Character of

John: Herod Antipas Falsely Supposes Jesus to Be