Thaddeus of Edessa festival, and heard the preachings of John the Baptist (St. John the Forerunner). After being baptized by John the Baptist in the Jordan River, he remained in Palestine. He later met and became a follower of Jesus. He was chosen to be one of the seventy disciples, whom Jesus sent in pairs to preach in the cities and places. After Pentecost and the ascension of Jesus, Thaddeus started preaching the gospel in Mesopotamia, Syria and Persia. Thaddaeus ordained priests in Edessa, converted many to Christianity and built up the church there. He also went to Beirut to preach and founded
Matthew 3:14 Nazarenes],] adds a clarification to this section stating that it was because of Jesus' sinlessness that John felt he was the one who should be baptized. In John the order of events is different, and the Baptist only recognizes Jesus' nature after the baptism. [[Category:Matthew 3|03:14]] [[Category:Baptism]] Matthew 3:14 Matthew 3:14 is the fourteenth verse of the third chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. Jesus has come to John the Baptist to be baptized, but in this verse John balks at doing so. In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: The World