John's clothing was made of hair cloth, and the belt around his waist was leather, and he lived on dried locusts and wild honey.

The ground of itself is productive, putting forth first a blade, then a head, then fully developed wheat in the head.

Then he began to speak to them in figures. "A man once planted a vineyard and fenced it in and hewed out a wine-vat and built a watch tower, and he leased it to tenants and left the neighborhood.

And he said to them, "This is my blood which ratifies the agreement, and is to be poured out for many people.

"We ourselves have heard him say, 'I will tear down this sanctuary built by men's hands, and in three days I will build another, made without hands.' "

And the passers-by jeered at him, shaking their heads and saying, "Aha! you who would tear down the sanctuary and build one in three days!

Joseph of Arimathea, a highly respected member of the council, who was himself living in expectation of the reign of God, made bold to go to Pilate and ask for Jesus' body.