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San Juan Bautista
Juan el Bautista era hijo de Zacarías, un sacerdote del Templo en Jerusalén, e Isabel, pariente de María, quien la visitó. He was probably born at Ain-Karim southwest of Jerusalemafter the Angel Gabriel had told Zachary that his wife would bear a child even though she was an old woman. Nació probablemente en Ain-Karim al suroeste de Jerusalén, después de que el Ángel Gabrielle había dicho a Zacarías que su esposa daría a luz un hijo a pesar de que era una anciana. He lived as a hermit in the desert of Judea until about AD 27. Él vivió como un ermitaño en el desierto deJudea hasta alrededor del año 27. When he was thirty, he began to preach on the banks of the Jordan against the evils of the times and called men to penance and baptism "for the Kingdom of Heaven isclose at hand". Cuando tenía treinta años, comenzó a predicar en las orillas del Jordán contra los males de los tiempos y los hombres llamados a la penitencia y el bautismo "para el Reino de los Cielosestá cerca ". He attracted large crowds, and when Christ came to him, John recognized Him as the Messiah and baptized Him, saying, "It is I who need baptism from You". Él atrajo a grandes multitudes, ycuando Cristo vino a él, Juan lo reconoció como el Mesías y lo bautizó, diciendo: "Soy yo el que necesita el bautismo de ti ". When Christ left to preach in Galilee, John continued preaching in theJordan valley. Cuando Cristo dejó a predicar en Galilea, Juan continuó predicando en el Jordan Valley. Fearful of his great power with the people, Herod Antipas, Tetrarch of Perea and Galilee, had himarrested and imprisoned at Machaerus Fortress on the Dead Sea when John denounced his adultrous and incestuous marriage with Herodias, wife of his half brother Philip. John was beheaded at the requestof Salome, daughter of Herodias, who asked for his head at the instigation of her mother. John inspired many of his followers to follow Christ when he designated Him "the Lamb of God," among them...