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Zacharias

Zacharias is the priest who receives the angelic announcement of John the Baptist's birth and later blesses God after his son is named.

Zacharias is the priest who receives the angelic announcement of John the Baptist's birth and later blesses God after his son is named.

Priest / father New Testament Gospels
Core books Luke
Read first Luke 1:5-25 · Luke 1:57-79
Why this matters promise · priesthood · mercy · prophecy
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