In response to receiving his son and the return of his voice, Zechariah sang the Benedictus. |
Zechariah proclaims a King who comes as Saviour on a colt, not with horses and chariots. |
The figures, beginning with Moses, proceed counterclockwise to David, Jeremiah, Zechariah, Daniel, and Isaiah. |
At the end of his work, Zechariah envisioned a growing response to God's pian among the Gentiles. |
Old Testament pseudepigrapha are extremely numerous and offer accounts of patriarchs and events, attributed to various biblical personages from Adam to Zechariah. |
The two olive trees and the two candlesticks refer to this prophecy given to Zechariah. |