The angel Gabriel said to Zacharias his father, “For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink.

Accordingly, Zacharias and Elizabeth took their son to Engedi, down by the Dead Sea. John the Baptist (late 1 st century BC – AD 28–36) was a Jewish itinerant preacher in the early 1 st century AD. However, here’s a couple of prevalent myths about a Nazarite that clash with the generally held image of John the Baptist. John had no school from which to graduate at the age of fourteen, but his parents had selected this as the appropriate year for him to take the formal Nazarite vow. He was baptized into the African National Baptist Church (1906), but later broke away to found the Nazirite Baptist Church (1911). By richoka Leave a Comment. On his death in 1935 he was revered as a black messiah. Some people think John the Baptist was a Nazarite because he was a lonely hermit who went off into the desert, dressed weird and subsisted on locusts and honey. Five years later he announced some revelations.

He established a holy village near Durban and developed into one of the most prominent Zulu figures of his time. This lineage was essential, since John was the embodiment of the law of Moses, designed to prepare the way for the Messiah and make ready a people to receive Him. N6-7: The Number One Reason Why John The Baptist Could Not Have Been A Nazarite. John the Baptist Son of Zacharias and Elisabeth, being of priestly descent through both parents. John the Baptist was a Nazarite or Nazirite from birth. He will also be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb” ( Luke 1:15).