John the Baptist Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====Middle East==== [[File:Ein Kerem Church of St John the Baptist by David Shankbone.jpg|thumb|Catholic church at his traditional birthplace in [[Ein Kerem]]]] Saint John the Baptist's beheading is said to have taken place in [[Machaerus]], in central Jordan.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Castle of Herod the Great {{!}} Mukawir, Jordan Attractions|url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/jordan/mukawir/attractions/castle-of-herod-the-great/a/poi-sig/1443203/1299086|access-date=27 September 2021|website=Lonely Planet|language=en|archive-date=27 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927123751/https://www.lonelyplanet.com/jordan/mukawir/attractions/castle-of-herod-the-great/a/poi-sig/1443203/1299086|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Vörös|first=Győző|title=Machaerus: The Golgotha of Saint John the Baptist|date=2012|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44092160|journal=Revue Biblique|volume=119|issue=2|pages=232–270|jstor=44092160|via=JSTOR|access-date=23 December 2020|archive-date=6 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220406140212/https://www.jstor.org/stable/44092160|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=6 June 2020|title=Machaerus: Beyond the Beheading of John the Baptist|url=https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-sites-places/biblical-archaeology-sites/machaerus-beyond-the-beheading-of-john-the-baptist/|access-date=27 September 2021|website=Biblical Archaeology Society|language=en|archive-date=25 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925180305/https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-sites-places/biblical-archaeology-sites/machaerus-beyond-the-beheading-of-john-the-baptist/|url-status=live}}</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). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page