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NASB | Luke 1:13 But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your petition has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will give him the name John. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 1:13 But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zacharias, because your petition [in prayer] was heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will name him John. |
Bible Question: Were John the Baptist and Jesus cousins? I have always been taught this but can't find it in Matthew or Luke's gospels. |
Bible Answer: God's day to you, Rolff, Most people think John the Baptist and Jesus were cousins. However, John's parents, Zachariah and Elizabeth, were not just Levites, from from Aaron (Luk 1:5). Jesus was from the tribe of Judah, even from David, through Joesph (Mat 1:6-16) and Mary (Luk 3:23-33). Now Mary and Elizabeth were relatives (Luk 1:36), suggenes in the Greek. Anepsios is a better word for cousin (Col 4:10). Even if Mary and Elizabeth were first cousins, it would be because their mothers were sisters ... making the closest relationship of John the Baptist and Jesus as second cousins. |
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