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135:2.1 After an illness of several months [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zechariah_(priest) Zacharias] died in July, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_AD A.D. 12], when [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John] was just past eighteen years of age. This was a time of great [[embarrassment]] to John since the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazarite Nazarite] [[vow]] forbade contact with the [[dead]], even in one's own [[family]]. Although John had endeavored to comply with the restrictions of his vow regarding contamination by the dead, he doubted that he had been wholly [[obedient]] to the requirements of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazarite Nazarite order]; therefore, after his [[father]]'s [[burial]] he went to [[Jerusalem]], where, in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple#The_Court_of_the_Women Nazarite corner of the women's court], he offered the [[sacrifices]] required for his cleansing.

135:2.1 After an illness of several months [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zechariah_(priest) Zacharias] died in July, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_AD A.D. 12], when [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John] was just past eighteen years of age. This was a time of great [[embarrassment]] to John since the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazarite Nazarite] [[vow]] forbade contact with the [[dead]], even in one's own [[family]]. Although John had endeavored to comply with the restrictions of his vow regarding contamination by the dead, he doubted that he had been wholly [[obedient]] to the requirements of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazarite Nazarite order]; therefore, after his [[father]]'s [[burial]] he went to [[Jerusalem]], where, in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple#The_Court_of_the_Women Nazarite corner of the women's court], he offered the [[sacrifices]] required for his cleansing.

135:2.2 In September of this year [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_(Biblical_person) Elizabeth] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John] made a [[journey]] to [[Nazareth]] to visit [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) Mary] and [[Jesus]]. John had just about made up his mind to launch out in his lifework, but he was admonished, not only by [[Jesus]]' [[words]] but also by his example, to return [[home]], take care of his [[mother]], and await the " coming of the Father's hour. " After bidding [[Jesus]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) Mary] [[good-bye]] at the end of this enjoyable [[visit]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John] did not again see [[Jesus]] until the [[event]] of his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_136#136:2._THE_BAPTISM_OF_JESUS baptism in the Jordan].

135:2.2 In September of this year [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_(Biblical_person) Elizabeth] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John] made a [[journey]] to [[Nazareth]] to visit [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) Mary] and [[Jesus]]. John had just about made up his mind to launch out in his lifework, but he was admonished, not only by [[Jesus]]' [[words]] but also by his example, to return [[home]], take care of his [[mother]], and await the " coming of the Father's hour. " After bidding [[Jesus]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) Mary] [[good-bye]] at the end of this enjoyable [[visit]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John] did not again see [[Jesus]] until the [[event]] of his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_136#136:2._THE_BAPTISM_OF_JESUS baptism in the Jordan].

135:2.3 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_(Biblical_person) Elizabeth] returned to their [[home]] and began to lay [[plans]] for the [[future]]. Since John refused to [[accept]] the [[priest]]'s allowance due him from the [[temple]] funds, by the end of two years they had all but lost their [[home]]; so they decided to go south with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepherd sheep herd]. Accordingly, the [[summer]] that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John] was twenty years of age witnessed their removal to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebron Hebron]. In the so-called " [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judean_desert wilderness of Judea] " John tended his sheep along a brook that was tributary to a larger [[stream]] which entered the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Sea Dead Sea] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ein_Gedi Engedi]. The Engedi colony included not only Nazarites of lifelong and time-period consecration but numerous other [[ascetic]] herdsmen who congregated in this region with their herds and fraternized with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazarite Nazarite] brotherhood. They supported themselves by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepherd sheep raising] and from gifts which [[wealthy]] [[Jews]] made to the order.

135:2.3 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_(Biblical_person) Elizabeth] returned to their [[home]] and began to lay [[plans]] for the [[future]]. Since John refused to [[accept]] the [[priest]]'s allowance due him from the [[temple]] funds, by the end of two years they had all but lost their [[home]]; so they decided to go south with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepherd sheep herd]. Accordingly, the [[summer]] that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John] was twenty years of age witnessed their removal to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebron Hebron]. In the so-called " [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judean_desert wilderness of Judea] " John tended his sheep along a brook that was tributary to a larger [[stream]] which entered the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Sea Dead Sea] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ein_Gedi Engedi]. The Engedi colony included not only Nazarites of lifelong and time-period consecration but numerous other [[ascetic]] herdsmen who congregated in this region with their herds and fraternized with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazarite Nazarite] brotherhood. They supported themselves by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepherd sheep raising] and from gifts which [[wealthy]] [[Jews]] made to the order.

135:2.4 As time passed, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John] returned less often to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebron Hebron], while he made more frequent visits to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ein_gedi Engedi]. He was so entirely [[different]] from the [[majority]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazarite Nazarites] that he found it very [[difficult]] fully to fraternize with the brotherhood. But he was very fond of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_144#144:6._CONFERENCE_WITH_JOHN.27S_APOSTLES Abner], the acknowledged [[leader]] and head of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ein_Gedi Engedi colony].

135:2.4 As time passed, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John] returned less often to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebron Hebron], while he made more frequent visits to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ein_gedi Engedi]. He was so entirely [[different]] from the [[majority]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazarite Nazarites] that he found it very [[difficult]] fully to fraternize with the brotherhood. But he was very fond of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_144#144:6._CONFERENCE_WITH_JOHN.27S_APOSTLES Abner], the acknowledged [[leader]] and head of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ein_Gedi Engedi colony].

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