His father was a priest.
His father was a priest in the temple.
His father was a priest. However, St. John was raised by the Essenes.
No.
John was the son of Zacharias.
No, John the Baptist did.
Yes
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.
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.