What's it all about, Johnny?

John was performing purification rituals, called baptism, in Bethabara beyond Jordan.

And religious leaders, sent by the Pharisees in Jerusalem, came to ask him, "Who are you, and why are you baptising these people?"

And John said to them, "I baptise them with water. But standing in your midst is another whose sandals I am not worthy to loosen. Although he will come after me, he truly comes before me."

The next day, when John saw Jesus approaching, he said, "I was sent to baptize in water, because another would come to baptize in Spirit."


"I didn't know this man; but I was told - by the One who sent me - that he would manifest in Israel, and that I would witness his alignment with his own Divine Spirit."

"And now I have seen it: a vision of the Spirit descending upon Jesus in the form of a dove."


(paraphrased from John 1:24-33)

painting by Leonardo daVinci, John the Baptist