Part one of term paper
was a great and mighty prophet. His birth was foretold to his father, Zechariah, by the angel Gabriel. It was a miracle that Elizabeth, John=s mother, was able to give birth, since both of his parents were past the child-bearing years. John entered this world, with his parents knowing that great and powerful things were to come from their ...

Part two of term paper
... and Elizabeth were both from the line of Aaron and Zechariah was a priest. For fifty years Zechariah had lived for the Temple. AThe very fact that John was born into the family of a priest, he was destined to have a life of religion@ (Smith 36). Zechariah had dedicated his life and his family to the Lord by the Nazarite vow. His father had taken the Nazarite vow, which was an ancient vow dating back to the days of the children of Israel (37). The vow was a promise of separation from the comm ...