caption death_place death_date canonized_date birth_place feast_day imagesize venerated_in birth_date titles image article_title name
'' domenico ghirlandaio -lrb- 1490 , fresco in the tornabuoni chapel annunciation , florence -rrb- of the angel to zechariah '' by jerusalem -lrb- matthew 23:35 -rrb- 1st century bc -lrb- or early ad -rrb- pre-congregation hebron -lrb- joshua 21:11 -rrb- september september 23 -- roman catholic 5 -- eastern orthodox september 5 -- lutheran 250px christianity islam 1st century bc priest , prophet , guardian of mary , devotee cappella a zaccaria.jpg tornabuoni , 10 , annuncio dell ` angelo zechariah -lrb- priest -rrb-
 zechariah
zechariah -lrb- priest -rrb-

zechariah -lrb- זכריה in hebrew , Ζαχαρίας in greek , zacharias in kjv , zachary in the douay-rheims bible -rrb- is a figure in the bible and the quran .
in the bible , he is the father of john the baptist , a priest of the sons of aaron , a prophet in , and the husband of elizabeth who is a relative of mary the mother of jesus .
in the qur ` an , zechariah -lrb- ; `` zakariya '' -rrb- plays a similar role as the father of yahya .
he is ranked as a prophet alongside yahya and jesus and his role as one of the men of god is frequently referenced in verses of the qur ` an .
