It was the angel Gabriel who visted John's future father, Zachariah
The angel Gabriel came to John the baptists father, and told him that his wife Elizabeth, would have a son .
It must have been the angel gabriel.
Mandate of Israel: Yokanan got "John the baptist" name from the gentiles. His name would have looked like this : YOKANAN BEN ??? where ???= his father's name. Sort of like Ethan McDougal: Ethan son of Dougal. The Hebrew word ben means son of. ******************************************** John the Baptist got his name as he went out to baptise the people before Christ arrived.
John the Baptist.
He told Zachariah that he and Elizabeth's prayers had been heard, and that Elizabeth in her old age and after all the years of being barren would have a son. Their son would be John the Baptist, a cousin of Jesus and a forerunner. At first Zachariah didn't believe he could be a father or Elizabeth a mother at this stage of their life, even if they were righteous, so he was struck dumb until John's naming.
Tell them about Jesus and the judgment to come. All Christian's should do this.
Luke 1:19-20New International Version (NIV) 19 The angel said to him, "I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to tell you this good news. 20 And now you will be silent and not able to speak until the day this happens, because you did not believe my words, which will come true at their appointed time."
apparenty the serbian church has it.... put serbian orthodox into search in wiki and it will tell you there
Gabriel was the angel who came to Mary, mother of Jesus, and Zechariah, father of John the Baptist, to tell them that their sons were to be born and the significance of each birth. (See Luke 1 11-38.) Gabriel also appeared to Daniel in the Old Testament. Gabriel told Daniel the meaning of the vision relating to the last days of this world. (See Daniel 8 & 9.)
Elizabeth and Zechariah (her husband) both lived upright in the eyes of God. They were both older and Elizabeth was barren. An angel of God foretold of their son's birth. Their son was John the Baptist. Since God sent an angel to tell them of their son's birth and they lived upright in God's eyes. Her only choice was to obey God.
A:Although the gospel accounts tell us that John the Baptist was beheaded in Galilee, with Herod Antipas reluctant to order his death, the first-century Jewish historian Josephus says that he was actually executed in faraway Macherus on the direct orders of Herod, who feared that John could lead an insurrection. John the Baptist would have been buried in an anonymous grave by an unknown labourer under the command of Herod's soldiers.
in the bible it tell about them meeting when Mary and her sister are both pregnant but out of the belly, yes that was the first time John the Baptist saw JESUS...
John the Baptist is mentioned in the John 1:23, which quotes this passage from Isaiah. It is accepted by Christians that this Old Testament passage refers to none other than John the Baptist.Isaiah 40:3"The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God."
I think this has been answered before: "Come forth and repent your sins, get baptised in the river Jordan."