John the Baptist’s family: Elizabeth and Zechariah

There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

But the angel said to him, “Don’t be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard. Your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

Now the time that Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled, and she gave birth to a son.

On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.

He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, “His name is John.” They all marveled.

But the angel said to him, “Don’t be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard. Your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

Now the time that Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled, and she gave birth to a son.

His mother answered, “Not so; but he will be called John.”