When was John the Baptist born?
Now there’s an interesting question. From the biblical accounts Mary and Elizabeth were cousins and pregnant at the same time, although Elizabeth was closer to term than Mary, so John must have been born in the autumn; but somehow escaped the “slaughter of the innocents” too.
As to John, he seems to have been something like an essene, goat hair coat and honey/locusts for breakfast/lunch/dinner. His “essene-ness” must have rubbed off somewhat on Jesus because he immediately went on his 40 day fast after the baptism. Long fasting periods were an “essene” kind of thing. As cousins they probably knew each other well. It was John’s ministry that, in part at least, inspired our lord Jesus into the calling of ministry/missionary work too.
The key phrase, to me, is “and the angels ministered unto him” after the temptations of satan. To most that just means they fed him food. I believe it means FAR more than that, can you guess what it REALLY means?
When was John the Baptist born? We don’t know except that it was before Jesus.