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Kazmierski 1996 page 31">Carl R. Kazmierski, ''John the Baptist: Prophet and Evangelist'' (Liturgical Press, 1996) p. 31.</ref> about a messenger being sent ahead, and a voice crying out in the wilderness. John is described as wearing clothes of camel's hair, and living on [[locust]]s and wild [[honey]]. John proclaims baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sin, and says another will come after him who will not baptize with water, but with the Holy Spirit. [[File:Massimo Stanzione - Beheading of St John the Baptist - WGA21701.jpg|thumb|320px|left|''Beheading of St John the Baptist'' by [[Massimo Stanzione]], 1635]] Jesus comes to John, and is baptized by him in the river Jordan. The account describes how, as he emerges from the water, Jesus sees the heavens open and the Holy Spirit descends on him "like a dove", and he hears a voice from heaven that says, "You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased".<ref>{{bibleref2|Mark|1:11|NRSV}}</ref> Later in the gospel there is an account of John's death. It is introduced by an incident where the Tetrarch [[Herod Antipas]], hearing stories about Jesus, imagines that this is John the Baptist raised from the dead. It then explains that John had rebuked Herod for marrying [[Herodias]], the ex-wife of his brother (named here as Philip). Herodias demands his execution, but Herod, who "liked to listen" to John, is reluctant to do so because he fears him, knowing he is a "righteous and holy man". The account then describes how Herodias's unnamed daughter dances before Herod, who is pleased and offers her anything she asks for in return. When the girl asks her mother what she should request, she is told to demand the head of John the Baptist. Reluctantly, Herod orders the beheading of John, and his head is delivered to her, at her request, on a plate. John's disciples take the body away and bury it in a tomb.<ref>{{bibleref2|Mark|6:17–29|NRSV}}</ref> The Gospel refers to Antipas as "King"<ref>John R. Donahue, Daniel J. Harrington, ''The Gospel of Mark'' (Liturgical Press, 2006) p. 195.</ref> and the ex-husband of Herodias is named as Philip, but he is known to have been called [[Herod II|Herod]].<ref name="Gillman2003">{{cite book|author=Florence Morgan Gillman|title=Herodias: At Home in that Fox's Den|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rFRFe8QdO1gC|year=2003|publisher=Liturgical Press|isbn=978-0-8146-5108-7|pages=54–55|access-date=28 November 2015|archive-date=26 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026085913/https://books.google.com/books?id=rFRFe8QdO1gC|url-status=live}}</ref> Although the wording clearly implies the girl was the daughter of Herodias, many texts describe her as "Herod's daughter, Herodias". Since these texts are early and significant and the reading is '[[Lectio difficilior potior|difficult]]', many scholars see this as the original version, altered in later versions and in Matthew and Luke.<ref name="Gillman2003"/><ref>Geoff R. Webb, Mark at the Threshold: ''Applying Bakhtinian Categories to Markan Characterisation'', (BRILL, 2008) pp 110–11.</ref><ref>John R. Donahue, Daniel J. Harrington, ''The Gospel of Mark'' (Liturgical Press, 2005) p. 198.</ref> Josephus says that Herodias had a daughter by the name of Salome.<ref name="Josephus1999">{{cite book|author=Flavius Josephus|title=The New Complete Works of Josephus|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kyaoIb6k2ccC&pg=PA7|year=1999|publisher=Kregel Academic|isbn=978-0-8254-2924-8|pages=7–|access-date=13 November 2020|archive-date=26 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026090419/https://books.google.com/books?id=kyaoIb6k2ccC&pg=PA7#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref> Scholars have speculated about the origins of the story. Since it shows signs of having been composed in Aramaic, which Mark apparently did not speak, he is likely to have got it from a Palestinian source.<ref>Gillman 2003, p. 80.</ref> There are a variety of opinions about how much actual historical material it contains, especially given the alleged factual errors.<ref>Gillman 2003, pp. 81–83</ref> Many scholars have seen the story of John arrested, executed, and buried in a tomb as a conscious foreshadowing of the fate of Jesus.<ref>Geoff R. Webb, Mark at the Threshold: ''Applying Bakhtinian Categories to Markan Characterisation'', (Brill, 2008) p. 107.</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). 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