J\u00f3hannes hefur stundum veri\u00f0 kalla\u00f0ur hinn s\u00ed\u00f0asti af sp\u00e1m\u00f6nnum Gamla testamentis. Hann bo\u00f0a\u00f0i yfirvofandi d\u00f3m Gu\u00f0s og komu Mess\u00edasar. L\u00fakas gu\u00f0spjallama\u00f0ur segir J\u00f3hannes hafa veri\u00f0 son aldra\u00f0ra prestshj\u00f3na sem h\u00e9tu Sakar\u00edas og El\u00edsabet.\u00a0 Engill haf\u00f0i heiti\u00f0 Sakar\u00edasi \u00fev\u00ed, a\u00f0 \u00feeim myndi ver\u00f0a sonar au\u00f0i\u00f0.\u00a0 \u00dea\u00f0 yr\u00f0i hlutverk hans a\u00f0 grei\u00f0a veg Mess\u00edasar og undirb\u00faa starf hans (sj\u00e1 L\u00fakas 1.13-17,57-66). Gu\u00f0spj\u00f6llin greina fr\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed, a\u00f0 J\u00f3hannes hafi veri\u00f0 sp\u00e1ma\u00f0ur sem pr\u00e9dika\u00f0i \u00ed \u00f3bygg\u00f0um og br\u00fdndi \u00e1heyrendur s\u00edna a\u00f0 b\u00faast vi\u00f0 hinu n\u00fdja, sem Drottinn hef\u00f0i fyrir stafni (Matt 1.1-12; Mark\u00fas 1.4-8; L\u00fakas 3.1-20).\u00a0 Hann sag\u00f0i l\u00f6ndum s\u00ednum a\u00f0 \u00feeir g\u00e6tu ekki reitt sig \u00e1 n\u00e1\u00f0 Gu\u00f0s fyrir \u00fea\u00f0 eitt a\u00f0 vera afkomendur Abrahams.\u00a0 \u00deeir yr\u00f0u a\u00f0 me\u00f0ganga a\u00f0 \u00feeir v\u00e6ru \u00f3hl\u00fd\u00f0nir, sn\u00faa fr\u00e1 villu s\u00edns vegar og breg\u00f0ast vi\u00f0 hinum n\u00fdja og kr\u00f6ftuga bo\u00f0bera Gu\u00f0s, sem n\u00fa v\u00e6ri kominn a\u00f0 b\u00faa me\u00f0al \u00feeirra (L\u00faka 3.16).<\/p>\n
J\u00f3hannes sk\u00edr\u00f0i \u00fe\u00e1 sem hrygg\u00f0ust vegna synda sinna og margir t\u00f6ldu hann vera Mess\u00edas (L\u00fakas 3.15).\u00a0 En J\u00f3hannes svara\u00f0i \u00fev\u00ed til, a\u00f0 Mess\u00edas v\u00e6ri s\u00e9r langtum fremri (Matt 3.11,12; L\u00fakas 3.16,17).\u00a0 Jes\u00fas, a\u00f0 s\u00ednu leyti, l\u00edkti J\u00f3hannesi vi\u00f0 El\u00eda, sp\u00e1manninn sem tali\u00f0 var a\u00f0 myndi kom aftur \u00e1\u00f0ur en d\u00f3mur Gu\u00f0s gengi yfir heiminn (Matt 11.14).\u00a0 Hann sag\u00f0i ennfremur a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 v\u00e6ri hlutverk J\u00f3hannesar a\u00f0 b\u00faa f\u00f3lk undir komu Gu\u00f0s r\u00edkis (L\u00fakas 7.27; Matt 11.10).\u00a0 Her\u00f3des Ant\u00edpas, sonur Her\u00f3desar mikla og br\u00f3\u00f0ir Arkel\u00e1sar (sj\u00e1 Matt 2.19-22), fyrirskipa\u00f0i a\u00f0 J\u00f3hannes skyldi tekinn af l\u00edfi (sj\u00e1 Matt 14.1-12; Mark\u00fas 6.14-29).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"