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What Is Zechariah in the Bible?

Person

A priest, the husband of Elizabeth and the father of John the Baptist.

Where it appears in the Bible

Luke 1:5; Luke 1:13

What the Bible says

Luke 1:5

There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zachary, of the course of Abia; and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elizabeth.

Luke 1:13

But the angel said to him: Fear not, Zachary, for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John:

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.

Source: Luke 1:5-13

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