In the Qur'an, he is referred to as the prophet Yahya and is imprisoned in the citadel Machaerus prior to his death. An angel strikes Zacharias dumb for doubting that this fig
In the Qur'an, he is referred to as the prophet Yahya and is imprisoned in the citadel Machaerus prior to his death. An angel strikes Zacharias dumb for doubting that this figure will be born. His condemnation of the marriage between Herodias and her brother-in-law Herod Antipas results in his (*) death at the behest of Herodias' daughter Salome. He subsists off locusts and wild honey, and, in Isaiah, he is described as "a voice that crieth out in the wilderness." For 10 points, name this son of Elizabeth who blessed Jesus by immersing him in the River Jordan.
In the Qur'an, he is referred to as the prophet Yahya and is imprisoned in the citadel Machaerus prior to his death.
John the Baptist [prompt on John]