Zechariah (New Testament figure)


Zechariah
Priest, Prophet, Guardian of Mary,
Devotee, Martyr[1]
Born1st century BC
Died1st century BC (or early 1st century AD)
Jerusalem (Matthew 23:35), the Levant
Venerated inCatholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
Oriental Orthodox Church
Anglicanism
Lutheranism
Islam
CanonizedPre-Congregation
FeastSeptember 5 – Eastern Orthodox
September 5 – Lutheran
September 23 – Roman Catholic

Zechariah (Hebrew: זְכַרְיָה Zəḵaryā, "remember Yah"; Greek: Ζαχαρίας; Zacharias in KJV; Zachary in the Douay–Rheims Bible; Zakariyya (Arabic: زكـريـا, romanizedZakariyyā) in Islamic tradition) is a Jewish figure in the New Testament and the Quran,[2] and venerated in Christianity and Islam.[3] In the Bible, he is the father of John the Baptist, a priest of the sons of Aaron in the Gospel of Luke (1:67–79), and the husband of Elizabeth who is a relative of the Virgin Mary (Luke 1:36).

  1. ^ "Did John the Baptist's father die a martyr?".
  2. ^ Quran 19:2–15
  3. ^ Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary, Note. 905: "The third group consists not of men of action, but Preachers of Truth, who led solitary lives. Their epithet is: "the Righteous". They form a connected group round Jesus. Zachariah was the father of John the Baptist, who is referenced as "Elias, which was for to come" (Matt 11:14); and John the Baptist is said to have been present and talked to Jesus at the Transfiguration on the Mount (Matt. 17:3)."

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