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Luke's Gospel says that Elizabeth was married to a priest named Zacharias and that her only child, John the Baptist, was born miraculously to Elizabeth in her old age.
The problem is that only the author of Luke's Gospel seems to have known anything about Elizabeth or been aware of a family relationship between Elizabeth and Mary, if such a relationship existed. Even the name Elizabeth raises doubts as to the historicity of events that supposedly occurred many decades before Luke was written. John Shelby Spong (Born of a Woman) says he is suspicious because Elizabeth in Hebrew would be Elisheba', a name that appears only once in the Old Testament, as the wife of Aaron, brother of Moses. Luke 1:5 describes Elizabeth as the daughter of Aaron, so the author must have had Aaron and Moses in mind when he wrote his Gospel. Until the historicity of this part of Luke's Gospel is resolved, we must acknowledge we really know nothing about Elizabeth.
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What was marys cousin?
Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist is the cousin of Mary Magdalene.
What did marys cousin name her baby?
Biblically, Mary's cousin, Elizabeth named her child John, later to become known as John the Baptist.
Did marys cosin become queen of England?
It was Mary, Queen of Scots, daughter of James V of Scotland who had a cousin Elizabeth. Elizabeth became Queen Elizabeth 1 of England.
What is the name of Marys cousin who Mary goes to visit before Jesus was born?
After Angel Gabriel Gabriel told Mary she would have Jesus, she went over to her cousin Elizabeth's house, to congragulate on her bundle of joy.
Who was bloody marys half sister?
Elizabeth I of England
Why did the spanish armada battle?
because Queen Elizabeth choped marys head off!
Who was the cousin of the Blessed Virgin Mary?
St. Elizabeth, mother of St. John the Baptist
Is Mary Queen of Scots Elizabeth I's first cousin?
No. Mary, Queen of Scots, was the daughter of Elizabeth I's first cousin.
What was Elizabeth's baby's reaction to Marys presence?
The unborn John the Baptist leapt inside his mother's womb.
How did elizabeth kill Mary her cousin?
Elizabeth had Mary charged with treaty and beheaded.
Did Mary visit her cousin Elizabeth?
Yes she did
The Virgin Mary had a cousin Elizabeth who was her child?
Mary Stewart, Queen of Scotland's cousin Elizabeth I of England never had a baby. That is why Elizabeth was known as the 'Virgin Queen'. Elizabeth I was never married and never had a child so she did not call her baby anything because it did not exist.
