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The principal sources of information concerning the life and work of John the Baptist are the Gospels. Of these Luke is the most complete, giving the circumstances accompanying the birth of John the Baptist and items on his work and death. Matthew's Gospel stands in close relation with that of Luke, as far as John's public work is concerned, but contains nothing in reference to his early life. From Mark, whose account of John the Baptist's life is very meagre, no new detail can be gathered. Finally, the fourth Gospel has this special feature, that it gives the version of John after the baptism of Jesus. Besides the indications supplied by these writings, passing allusions occur in such passages as Acts, xiii, 24; xix, 1-6; but these are few and bear on the subject only indirectly.

To the above should be added that which Josephus relates in his Jewish Antiquities (XVIII, v, 2), but it should be remembered that he is woefully erratic in his dates, mistaken in proper names, and......

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