 They were held in great honor and high esteem. They sat in the chief places in the synagogues. They were the guests of honor at feasts and dinners and were reverently honored by the common folks as they passed through the Jerusalem streets. John, as a young man, could have felt an urge to want to climb the social ladder and to use his talents to become one of Israel's greatest and most revered teachers of the law. And as the son of Zacharias, he had a great chance to climb high