Birth of John the Baptist
4 BC traditional (Jones)
- Passage
- Luke 1:57-80
- Person
- John
- Place
- Judea
- Before
- Mary Visits Elizabeth
- After
- Wise Men Visit Herod
Participants
Taking part, as Theographic records them, most often named first.
Places
Where it happens. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.
- location not graded: Judea
Every verse
All 24 verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.
Luke24 verses
- 1:57
When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son.
- 1:58
Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.
- 1:59
On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.
- 1:60
But his mother replied, “No! He shall be called John.”
- 1:61
They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who bears this name.”
- 1:62
So they made signs to his father to find out what he wanted to name the child.
- 1:63
Zechariah asked for a tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And they were all amazed.
- 1:64
Immediately Zechariah’s mouth was opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak, praising God.
- 1:65
All their neighbors were filled with awe, and people throughout the hill country of Judea were talking about these events.
- 1:66
And all who heard this wondered in their hearts and asked, “What then will this child become?” For the Lord’s hand was with him.
- 1:67
Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:
- 1:68
“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.
- 1:69
He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,
- 1:70
as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,
- 1:71
salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us,
- 1:72
to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,
- 1:73
the oath He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
- 1:74
deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,
- 1:75
in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.
- 1:76
And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for Him,
- 1:77
to give to His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,
- 1:78
because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,
- 1:79
to shine on those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”
- 1:80
And the child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the wilderness until the time of his public appearance to Israel.