Johane umBhabhadisi Bheka futhi isihloko esithi Eliyasi; UbuPhristi buka-Aroni Yindodana kaZakariya kanye no-Elisabethe eTestamenteni eliSha. UJohane wathunyelwa ukuze alungiselele abantu ukuba bemukele uMesiya (Joh. 1:19–27). Wayephethe izikhiye zobuPhristi buka-Aroni futhi wabhabhadisa uJesu Kristu. U-Isaya kanye nabanye baphrofetha ngomsebenzi wokufundisa ivangeli kaJohane, Isaya 40:3 (Mal. 3:1; 1 Nefi 10:7–10; 2 Nefi 31:4). Wafakwa etilongweni futhi wanqunywa ikhanda, Math. 14:3–12 (Marku 6:17–29). UGabriyeli wamemezela ngokuzalwa kukaJohane kanye nangobufundisi bakhe kuZakariya, Luka 1:5–25. UJesu wafundisa ukuthi uJohane umBhabhadisi wayengumphrofethi omkhulu, Luka 7:24–28. Wabona ukuthi uJesu uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu, Joh. 1:29–34. Abafundi baJohane baba ngabafundi baJesu, Joh. 1:25–29, 35–42 (IzE. 1:21–22). Akenzanga simangaliso, Joh. 10:41. Njengomuntu osevuswe ekufeni, wathunyelwa ukuba ayogcoba uJoseph Smith no-Oliver Cowdery kubuPhristi buka-Aroni, Mf&V 13 (Mf&V 27:7–8; JS—uMl. 1:68–72). Wagcotshwa yingelosi ngesikhathi eneminyaka eyisishiyagalombili ubudala, Mf&V 84:28.