{"id":3213,"date":"2024-05-24T19:10:19","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T19:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/jesus-john-baptist-cousins\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T14:08:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T14:08:16","slug":"jesus-john-baptist-cousins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/jesus-john-baptist-cousins\/","title":{"rendered":"Waren Jezus en Johannes de Doper neven? Ze waren familie via hun moeders"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Jesus and John the Baptist were related through their mothers, but no one knows how closely. In the King James Version the angel Gabriel calls Elizabeth, John&#039;s mother, Mary&#039;s &quot;cousin&quot; (Luke 1:36), though Luke&#039;s Greek word means a kinswoman of any degree. One old tradition makes Mary and Elizabeth first cousins, and so Jesus and John second cousins. Only Luke&#039;s Gospel mentions the family tie, and it gives the two of them a meeting before either was born. John was\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luke 1:36 calls Elizabeth, John&#039;s mother, Mary&#039;s kinswoman. How the families were related, who was born first, and why John said he knew him not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-3213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11634,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/elizabeth-biblical-meaning\/","url_meta":{"origin":3213,"position":0},"title":"Is Elizabeth in the Bible? Yes, She Is the Mother of John the Baptist","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"februari 21, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Yes. Elizabeth is the mother of John the Baptist in Luke 1. 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