Editing Gospel of John (section)

===John the Baptist===
{{Further|John the Baptist}}
John's account of John the Baptist is different from that of the synoptic gospels. In this gospel, John is not called "the Baptist."{{sfn|Cross|Livingstone|2005}} John the Baptist's ministry overlaps with [[Ministry of Jesus|that of Jesus]]; his [[baptism of Jesus]] is not explicitly mentioned, but his witness to Jesus is unambiguous.{{sfn|Cross|Livingstone|2005}} The evangelist almost certainly knew the story of John's baptism of Jesus, and makes a vital theological use of it.{{sfn|Barrett|1978|p=16}} He subordinates John to Jesus, perhaps in response to members of John's sect who regarded the Jesus movement as an offshoot of theirs.{{sfn|Harris|2006|p=}}

In the Gospel of John, Jesus and his disciples go to Judea early in Jesus's ministry before John the Baptist was imprisoned and executed by [[Herod Antipas]]. He leads a ministry of baptism larger than John's own. The [[Jesus Seminar]] rated this account as black, containing no historically accurate information.{{sfn|Funk|1998|pp=365–440}} According to the biblical historians at the Jesus Seminar, John likely had a larger presence in the public mind than Jesus.{{sfn|Funk|1998|p=268}}