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The birth of John, and the prophecy of Zacharias

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Luke 1:57–80: the time that Elizabeth should give birth is fulfilled, and she gives birth to a son; her neighbors and her relatives hear that the Lord has magnified his mercy toward her, and they rejoice with her. On the eighth day they come to circumcise the child and would have called him Zacharias, after the name of his father, but his mother answers, “Not so; but he will be called John.” They say to her, “There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name,” and make signs to his father, what he would have him called. Zacharias asks for a writing tablet and writes, “His name is John,” and they all marvel. Zacharias’ mouth is opened immediately and his tongue freed, and he speaks, blessing God. Fear comes on all who live around them, and all these sayings are talked about throughout all the hill country of Judea; all who hear them lay them up in their heart, saying, “What then will this child be?” The hand of the Lord was with him. His father Zacharias is filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesies: “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people; and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David (as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets who have been from of old), salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us; to show mercy toward our fathers, to remember his holy covenant, the oath which he swore to Abraham our father, to grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, should serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life. And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways, to give knowledge of salvation to his people by the remission of their sins, because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the dawn from on high will visit us, to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; to guide our feet into the way of peace.” The child grows and becomes strong in spirit, and is in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

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LUK 1:57–80, engwebp
⁵⁷Now the time that Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled, and she gave birth to a son.
⁵⁸Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy toward her, and they rejoiced with her.
⁵⁹On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
⁶⁰His mother answered, “Not so; but he will be called John.”
⁶¹They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name.”
⁶²They made signs to his father, what he would have him called.
⁶³He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, “His name is John.” They all marveled.
⁶⁴His mouth was opened immediately and his tongue freed, and he spoke, blessing God.
⁶⁵Fear came on all who lived around them, and all these sayings were talked about throughout all the hill country of Judea.
⁶⁶All who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, “What then will this child be?” The hand of the Lord was with him.
⁶⁷His father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,
⁶⁸“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people;
⁶⁹and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David
⁷⁰(as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets who have been from of old),
⁷¹salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us;
⁷²to show mercy toward our fathers, to remember his holy covenant,
⁷³the oath which he swore to Abraham our father,
⁷⁴to grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, should serve him without fear,
⁷⁵in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life.
⁷⁶And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,
⁷⁷to give knowledge of salvation to his people by the remission of their sins,
⁷⁸because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the dawn from on high will visit us,
⁷⁹to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; to guide our feet into the way of peace.”
⁸⁰The child was growing and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel.
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Elizabeth — Took part in — The birth of John, and the prophecy of Zacharias

Evidence: Luke 1:57–80
Zacharias (father of John) — Took part in — The birth of John, and the prophecy of Zacharias

Evidence: Luke 1:57–80
John the Baptizer — Took part in — The birth of John, and the prophecy of Zacharias

Evidence: Luke 1:57–80
The birth of John, and the prophecy of Zacharias — Narrated location — Judea

Evidence: Luke 1:57–80

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Current wording: Luke 1:57–80: the time that Elizabeth should give birth is fulfilled, and she gives birth to a son; her neighbors and her relatives hear that the Lord has magnified his mercy toward her, and they rejoice with her. On the eighth day they come to circumcise the child and would have called him Zacharias, after the name of his father, but his mother answers, “Not so; but he will be called John.” They say to her, “There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name,” and make signs to his father, what he would have him called. Zacharias asks for a writing tablet and writes, “His name is John,” and they all marvel. Zacharias’ mouth is opened immediately and his tongue freed, and he speaks, blessing God. Fear comes on all who live around them, and all these sayings are talked about throughout all the hill country of Judea; all who hear them lay them up in their heart, saying, “What then will this child be?” The hand of the Lord was with him. His father Zacharias is filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesies: “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people; and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David (as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets who have been from of old), salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us; to show mercy toward our fathers, to remember his holy covenant, the oath which he swore to Abraham our father, to grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, should serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life. And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways, to give knowledge of salvation to his people by the remission of their sins, because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the dawn from on high will visit us, to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; to guide our feet into the way of peace.” The child grows and becomes strong in spirit, and is in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel.
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