
#321 Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls - John Bergsma
Catholic Answers Focus
Is John the Baptist Kicked Out?
The Essenes baptized every day at about 11 in the morning, they got in white robes and they dunked themselves for the forgiveness of their sins. Do you see John the Baptist talking about the Holy Spirit? The monks talk about the Holyspirit in the Dead Sea Scrolls. There is a weird passage of Mark that has become one of my favorite parts of the gospel: A young guy tagging along behind the apostles who was wearing nothing but a linen garment. And he got caught up in the arrest scene with the soldiers and Jesus and stuff and they tried to get him to and grabbed his garment and he got out of his clothes and ran away naked. Only Mark mentions this. Luke and Matthew don
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