Left: Model of Temple courts, where Mary and Joseph found Jesus talking with the religious teachers (Holyland Hotel, Jerusalem); Right: Medieval painting of this scene.

Left: Statues of John the Baptist preaching to a Jew (left) and a Roman (right); Right: Hand and arm bones, reported to be that of John the Baptist (Topkapi Palice Museum, Istanbul).

Left: Jordan River; Right: Medieval painting of Jesus' appearance at the Jordan to be baptized by John.

Left: Leonardo da Vinci's impression of the baptism of Jesus. (Note the hands of God and a dove representing the Holy Spirit above Jesus).