What was unusual about John the Baptist's birth?

Answer 1

A:We rely on Luke chapter 1 as our only source on the birth of John the Baptist, as the other gospel authors seem to have known nothing of this. In this account, the angel Gabriel told Mary that her cousin, Elizabeth was going to have a baby, who would be John the Baptist. An angel also told Zacharias that he and Elizabeth would have a son and his name will be John. Because he disbelieved this because he and Elizabeth were both elderly, Zacharias was struck dumb until John was born.

This may seem an unlikely story, because Luke was written no earlier than the 90s of the first century, more than a hundred years after the events portrayed in this story. We at least need to know where the author of Luke learnt of these details. Luke's Gospel is known as a 'synoptic' gospel because when laid alongside Mark's Gospel (and Matthew's) and read synoptically ('with the same eye') in the original Greek language, it can be established that Luke was based on Mark. Moreover, the 'Missing Block' demonstrates that where Luke's source was incomplete, he was unable to fill the gap with information from any other source or inspiration.

Uta Ranke-Heinemann (Putting Away Childish Things) suggests that the author of Luke created the story of John's birth, a view that would be hard to refute since Luke's knowledge about Jesus was based on sources like Mark, which tells nothing of the birth of John. We really know nothing about the birth of John the Baptist and can not say whether there was anything unusual.

Answer 2

On the eighth day after John the Baptist was born and he was to be circumcised, they people there said they should name the baby after his father Zechariah but his mother, Elizabeth said that he is to be named John. The people were confused because nobody in their family had the name of John so they asked the father. The father couldn't speak because when he went to the temple to offer some incense, the angel Gabriel appeared to him and told him to name his son John. Zechariah didn't believe him so he became speechless until John was born. So Zechariah asked for a writing tablet and wrote out: His name is John. (Luke 1:57-66)

Answer 3

The birth is similar to that of Sarah and Abraham , here Elizabeth is old and barren, and the angel Gabriel. tells the father Zechariah that they would have a son. and you will name it John.

Answer 4

He was the Precursor Of the Christ. He was the one who identified Him as the Lamb Of God.