This may seem an unlikely story, because Luke was written no earlier than the 90s of the first century, more than a hundred years after the events portrayed in this story. We at least need to know where the author of Luke learnt of these details. Luke's Gospel is known as a 'synoptic' gospel because when laid alongside Mark's Gospel (and Matthew's) and read synoptically ('with the same eye') in the original Greek language, it can be established that Luke was based on Mark. Moreover, the 'Missing Block' demonstrates that where Luke's source was incomplete, he was unable to fill the gap with information from any other source or inspiration.
Uta Ranke-Heinemann (Putting Away Childish Things) suggests that the author of Luke created the story of John's birth, a view that would be hard to refute since Luke's knowledge about Jesus was based on sources like Mark, which tells nothing of the birth of John. We really know nothing about the birth of John the Baptist and can not say whether there was anything unusual.
On the eighth day after John the Baptist was born and he was to be circumcised, they people there said they should name the baby after his father Zechariah but his mother, Elizabeth said that he is to be named John. The people were confused because nobody in their family had the name of John so they asked the father. The father couldn't speak because when he went to the temple to offer some incense, the angel Gabriel appeared to him and told him to name his son John. Zechariah didn't believe him so he became speechless until John was born. So Zechariah asked for a writing tablet and wrote out: His name is John. (Luke 1:57-66)
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he was knowed as john the baptists so im sorry i dont know
No, it is not unusual.
Matt. 3:4 Locust and wild honey
he is a king
Cindy McCain and John McCain now attend Southern Baptist Church....They are Baptists.
Echo's birth is not told in Greek myth.
It was Herodotus, he rods daughter under orders from her mother who wanted John the baptist killed.
hes a twin
John the Baptist's parents, Zechariah and Elizabeth, were happy he was born because they had been childless for many years and viewed his birth as a miraculous blessing from God. They considered him a fulfillment of the angel's promise and a sign of God's favor.
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