This document is about Zechariah (father of John the Baptist). For other homonyms, please refer to the Zechariah document. He is the father of John the Baptist. He was a Levite priest of the division of Abijah.
Luke 1:5They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.
Luke 1:8according to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to enter into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.Luke 1:9The whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense.Luke 1:10An angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense.Luke 1:11Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him.Luke 1:12But the angel said to him, “Don’t be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard. Your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.Luke 1:13You will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth.
아이가 태어난 뒤, 이름을 요한으로 지어야 한다고 아내 엘리사벳이 이야기하고 사가랴는 글씨를 써서 그것이 하나님의 뜻임을 드러내었다.
Luke 1:57Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy toward her, and they rejoiced with her.Luke 1:58On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.Luke 1:59His mother answered, “Not so; but he will be called John.”Luke 1:60They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name.”Luke 1:61They made signs to his father, what he would have him called.Luke 1:62He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, “His name is John.” They all marveled.Luke 1:63His mouth was opened immediately and his tongue freed, and he spoke, blessing God.Luke 1:64Fear came on all who lived around them, and all these sayings were talked about throughout all the hill country of Judea.Luke 1:65All who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, “What then will this child be?” The hand of the Lord was with him.Luke 1:66His father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying, Luke 1:67“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people;