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Zechariah (Hebrew: זְכַרְיָה Zəḵaryā, "remember Yah"; Greek: Ζαχαρίας; Zacharias in KJV; Zachary in the Douay–Rheims Bible; Zakariyya (Arabic: زكـريـا, romanized: Zakariyyā) in Islamic tradition) is a Jewish figure in the New Testament and the Quran, and venerated in Christianity and Islam.
Oct 25, 2023 · Answer. There are a few prominent men in the Bible named Zechariah (alternate spelling Zacharias or Zachariah ). One was an Old Testament prophet who prophesied in the days of Haggai and who wrote the book of Zechariah ( Ezra 5:1; Zechariah 1:1 ).
Dec 2, 2016 · He’s the father of John the Baptist, and although he never shows up in your Nativity scenes, Zechariah is an important figure in the story of Christ’s birth. So important, in fact, that when Luke writes down the account of Christ’s life on earth, he begins with Zechariah. Let’s get a closer look at this often-overlooked character.
Son of Jehoiada the high priest in the reign of Joash of Judah. A godly man, he denounced the apostasy of the people from the Lord after his father’s death. Joash ordered him stoned to death in the Temple court ( 2 Chron 24:20-22 ). It is generally held that he is meant by the Lord’s reference in Luke 11:51.
Zechariah 1. A Call to Repentance. ( Jeremiah 3:11–25; Hosea 14:1–3) 1 In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, saying: 2 “The LORD was very angry with your fathers. 3 So tell the people that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Return to Me ...
The Book of Zechariah may be divided as follows: I: Rebuilding a People for God ( 1:1-6) II: Renewal of the Holy City ( 1:7—2:17) III: The Leaders of the Holy City ( 3:1—4:14) IV: The People of the Holy City ( 5:1—6:8)
Zechariah at a Glance. This book describes some eight heavenly visions given to Zechariah, all dealing with God’s past, present, and future relationships with Israel, concluding with a series of specific prophecies in reference to the first and second coming of the Messiah. Bottom Line Introduction. THE KING IS COMING. A BOTTOM LINE SUMMARY.
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