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There's no biblical or historical element directly proving that john was an essene. Maybe he was one of them at some point, that's not something I would rule out entirely. But there's no element suggesting he circumcised jesus, at least as far as I'm aware of.
John is mentioned by the Roman Jewish historian Josephus and revered as a major religious figure in Christianity, Islam, the Baháʼí Faith, the Druze Faith, and Mandaeism. He is considered to be a prophet of God by all of these faiths.
How is that supposed to demonstrate he was an essene or that he circumcised jesus?
http://www.vexen.co.uk/religion/ebionites.html#Beliefs
The Ebionites justified all of their beliefs by the example of Jesus himself: "he was circumcised, observed the Sabbath and celebrated the Jewish festivals, and taught that all the precepts of the law should be observed". They also considered the animal sacrifices to God found in the Hebrew Scriptures to be Satanic verses snuck into the text by God's enemies
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