This figure told crowds to give charity after calling them a "brood of vipers" and exhorting them not to rely on the covenant with Abraham.
This figure told crowds to give charity after calling them a "brood of vipers" and exhorting them not to rely on the covenant with Abraham. The Baha'i faith holds that the Bab is the return of Elijah and this figure. Upon writing this figure's name, the ability to speak, which had been taken away by Gabriel, returned to this figure's father Zechariah. Herod ordered this man's execution after a certain dancer asked for his head on a plate. He said "I am the voice of one calling in the desert, 'Make straight the way for the Lord,'" and is viewed as a forerunner of Jesus. For 10 points, name this figure who baptized Jesus Christ.
This figure told crowds to give charity after calling them a "brood of vipers" and exhorting them not to rely on the covenant with Abraham.
John the Baptist [accept John the Forerunner, Yohanan or Yahya ibn Zakariya] 