The Birth of John the Baptist

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The Birth of John the Baptist As with any passage in the bible, they all tell a story. The Old Testament is of the time before Jesus Christ was born and the time after his birth which is called the New Testament. For many people Hollywood is about adding their own idea of how a story should be told. As the bible tells the story of John the Baptist so a film also tells the story in many ways. The story of John the Baptist is that of an older couple who want a child but are not able to have children and whose prayers are answered when Elizabeth becomes pregnant with a son. Her husband Zachariah was offering incense and prayers to God at the temple with an angel appears to him and tells him his wife is to have a son. Zachariah is an unbeliever, but the angel keeps reassuring him that Elizabeth will have a son and he is to be named John. But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth, for he will be great before the Lord.” (8) Zachariah is doubtful but the angel tells him that all things are possible with a belief in God. Because Zachariah refuses to believe what he has been told, he suddenly becomes deaf and mute as punishment for his non-belief and with this he is unable to tell his family what has happened and why. Both the passage and the movie give us a consciousness that God is all knowing and powerful and does not favor ones that disbelieve. _______________________________ 8. The Bible Gateway; Good News Publishers. 2001 – Verses 13-17 The passage “The Birth of John the Baptist” shows the interaction of the characters with each other just as any movie does. There is one specific scene in the movie that correlates with the passage in the Bible. It is

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