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John the Baptist
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    The wide circumference of an elaborate ruff, beneath his grey beard, in the antiquated fashion of King James's reign, caused his head to look not a little like that of John the Baptist in a charger.†  (source)
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    When there's no answer, he opens one eye to a squint and asks if John the Baptist is home.†  (source)
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    That could try the patience of John the Baptist, to say nothing of Barabbas.†  (source)
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    A sign told me it was St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, one of the oldest in New Orleans.†  (source)
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    Could John the Baptist have suffered such deprivation?†  (source)
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    They had me dressed up like a little St. John the Baptist.†  (source)
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    Opposite Mary sat Uriel, also with an infant, presumably baby John the Baptist.†  (source)
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    I don't want to hear about the tiger in the corner or the Angel of Death or the phone calls from John the Baptist.†  (source)
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    What was it the guy on the Common had said the other day, his chin resting on the Volkswagen like some grotesque John the Baptist?†  (source)
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    His likeness appeared in anonymous leaflets, drawn in the cartoon style of the ancient Ethiopic icon painters, with an abundance of yellow, green, and red; they depicted a black Christ flanked by a black John the Baptist, and our own General Mebratu.†  (source)
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    And the moment that the preacher threw him down, crying out the words of John the Baptist, Gabriel began to kick and sputter, nearly throwing the preacher off balance; and though at first they thought that it was the power of the Lord that worked in him, they realized as he rose, still kicking and with his eyes tightly shut, that it was only fury, and too much water in his nose.†  (source)
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    Although we sometimes both show up on Sundays at the same local pew and pulpit Bible church (the 55th Independent Assembly of Saint John the Baptist, we like to call it), you can tell that he is not too comfortable there.†  (source)
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    Just like John the Baptist saw a man and knew, right away, that he was looking at God; just like the wise men came upon a baby and knew He was our Savior ....every day I held what looked like crackers and wine but actually was Jesus.†  (source)
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