But while he’s in the sanctuary an angel appears and tells him that Elizabeth will have a son. The angel instructs him to name the baby John and says that John will prepare the way for God’s own son.

Note that Elizabeth’s conception of the baby who grew to be John the Baptist was also supernatural ... Luke’s Gospel when Elizabeth’s husband Zechariah, a temple priest, was visited by ...

But the angel said, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will name him John” (Luke 1:13). And, behold, thou shalt be ...

That otherwise amusing story of how the baby of Elizabeth and Zechariah was to be called John instead of Zechariah as their neighbors expected (cfr. Lk 1,57-66) somehow tells us that in our life ...