Zacharie (father of Jean the Baptist)

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In the New Testament, Zacharie is the father of Jean the Baptist and the husband of Elisabeth. He belonged to the sacerdotal class. His wife was sterile; and they were one and the other advanced ones in age. While he discharged his functions with the temple of Jerusalem an angel appeared to him:

Alors an angel of the Lord appeared in Zacharie, and was held upright on the right of the furnace bridge of the perfumes.

Zacharie was disturbed by seeing it, and fright seized him.

But the angel says to him: Do not fear, Zacharie; because your prayer was exaucée. Your Elisabeth wife will give birth to you a son, and you will give him the name of Jean.

It will be for you a subject of joy and joy, and several will be delighted by its birth.

Because it will be large in front of the Lord. He will drink neither wine, nor liquor enivrante, and he will be filled of the Holy Spirit as of the center of his mother;

it will bring back several of wire of Israel for the Lord, their God;

it will go in front of God with the spirit and the power of Élie, to bring back the hearts of the fathers towards the children, and the rebels with the wisdom of right, in order to prepare with the Lord people laid out well.

Zacharie called to the angel: With what will recognize I that? Because I am old, and my wife is advanced in age.

the angel answered him: I am Gabriel, I am held in front of God; I was sent to speak, and to announce this good news to you. .

The Coran mentions it like prophet and priest. It was sent to the children of Israel and made respect justice, under the request of God, using the Torah of the Prophète Moïse. He was appreciated by his people because of his good mannerss.

Coran says that it was pious and that it requested daily. It had also the load to deal with the Virgin Mary. To each time it returned to achieve its mission, it found Marie with a good quantity of food, sent by the Almighty. One evening, whereas it was in the sanctuary (el-mihrab), it requested Miséricordieux to grant a son to him because it was 90 years old, and it had not always found any heir. Thus God sends Gabriel to him to transmit a pure and virtuous child to him. Coran known as:

O, Zacharie, We announce the news of tone wire to you, being called Yahya (Jean). Before him, nobody bore this name.

Zacharie known as: God said that I will have a son, whereas my wife is old and sterile and that I passed the age of decrepitude.

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