You can’t beat Frederick Buechner’s thumbnail sketch of John the Baptist:
He lived in the wilderness around the Dead Sea. He subsisted on a starvation diet, and so did his disciples. He wore clothes that even the rummage-sale people wouldn't have handled. When he preached, it was fire and brimstone every time. (from Peculiar Treasures)
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