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Zechariah was a Jewish priest and prophet in the Gospel of Luke, who was visited by an angel and announced the birth of his son John the Baptist. He was also a martyr who was killed by Herod in the temple, according to Matthew 23:35.
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- Zechariah is a priest. A priest is someone whose responsibilities included offering sacrifices and taking care of the Temple of the Lord, and blessing the Lord’s name (1 Chr 23:13).
- Zechariah is from the tribe of Levi. In Bible times, the Jews traced their ancestry back to one of Jacob’s twelve sons. Zechariah is from the tribe of Levi, the same tribes that Moses, Aaron, Ezra, and Asaph hail from.
- Zechariah followed the law of Moses. Luke tells us that both Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth were “blameless” when it came to the Torah: they observed all the Lord’s decrees and commands (Lk 1:6).
- Zechariah is the first person in the NT to speak with an angel (chronologically) Most of our stories of Jesus’ birth start with an angel speaking to either Mary or Joseph, right?
Oct 25, 2023 · 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).
May 3, 2019 · Learn about the two biblical figures named Zechariah: an Old Testament prophet and a priest who was the father of John the Baptist. Find scripture quotes and summaries of their roles and significance in the Bible.
Zechariah (New Testament figure), the father of John the Baptist. In the King James version of the Bible and the Douay-Rheims Bible , his name was written Zacharias . He is recognized as a saint in both the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church .
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 ...
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.
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