because he questioned God
St. John the Baptist.
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.
St. John the Baptist.
A:Luke chapter 1 says that a priest named Zechariah was the father of John the Baptist, and that he was related by marriage to Mary, mother of Jesus. It does not say who Zechariah's father was. Many scholars have noticed similarities, not only of name, to Zachariah in the Old Testament, but the author of the Book of Zachariah lived centuries earlier.Uta Ranke-Heinemann (Putting Away Childish Things) believes that Luke's story of John the Baptist's infancy is not literally true, and that Zechariah and Elizabeth were fictional characters created by Luke's author.
There are four different individuals named Zechariah mentioned in the Bible. They include the father of John the Baptist, a king of Israel, a prophet, and a Levite.
Zechariah, the prophet, appears in the Old Testament book which bears his name. Zechariah, father of John the Baptist, is mentioned in Luke 1.
Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist.
A:Luke chapter 1 says that a priest named Zechariah was the father of John the Baptist, and that he was related by marriage to Mary, mother of Jesus. It does not say who Zechariah's father was. Among the gospel authors only the author of Luke seems to have known anything about John the Baptist's family. It is very unlikely that the auther evangelists would have failed to pass on this important information had they known of it. Uta Ranke-Heinemann (Putting Away Childish Things) suggests that Luke's story of John the Baptist's infancy is not literally true, in which case we do not even know his father's name.
the son of Elizabeth and Zechariah that was sent by God was Yahya. He is also known as John the Baptist.
The first priest is Zechariah the father of John the Baptist.
Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist was said to be mute until asked what he wanted his son's name to be Luke 5:1-75
Saint Elizabeth, the wife of Saint Zechariah, had one child, Saint John the Baptist.