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."
No.
John was the son of Zacharias.
Yes
His father was a priest.
No, John the Baptist did.
Johns father was Zachariah, yes he was a priest.
John the baptist is in no way related to Peter. actually Peters father was also a fisherman. In the bible it says Jesus saw Peter and Andrew with their father mending their nets.
Yes, Luke 1 details the birth of John the Baptist, and Zachariah is indeed his father.
His father was a priest in the temple.
His father was a priest. However, St. John was raised by the Essenes.
Barachiah (or Barachias), who was the father of Zechariah (or Zecharias), who was John the Baptist's father. Zechariah (Zecharias) wrote the Book of Zechariah in the Old Testament (Zechariah 1:1) and was martyred as stated by Jesus (Matthew 23:35). John the Baptist's great grandfather was the prophet Iddo.
Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist.