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The Lives of the Prophets 23

Hagiography

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Zechariah, another prophet and priest: he was the son of Jodae the priest, and father of John the Baptist.

2This man Herod the king slew beside the altar and the house of the Lord.

3He was from Jerusalem, of the house of David, in the midst of the Elam, out of the house of the Lord.

4He prophesied concerning the generation of Christ.

5There, then, they buried him in the house of God, near the temple of the Lord.

6From that time many portents and apparitions occurred in the temple, and the priests were no longer able to see a vision of angels, nor to give oracles to the people in the Dabeir, nor to inquire by the Ephod, nor to answer by the Urim, until that day.

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About The Lives of the Prophets

An apocryphal or pseudepigraphal text — outside the canon of the Western churches, yet widely circulated among ancient Jews and Christians. Lux Veritas translation (English, Portuguese and Spanish) made from the Greek text of Prophetarum vitae fabulosae (Leipzig: Teubner), Theodor Schermann, 1907 (public domain).

Source: Prophetarum vitae fabulosae (Leipzig: Teubner), Theodor Schermann (1907) · public domain · Lux Veritas translation