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Begin with Jesus. Select any connected record to recenter the constellation, reveal another layer, and inspect the evidence behind every line. Every verse in the Bible is a door into the graph.
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Mary visits Elizabeth
Mary hurried to the hill country to her relative Elizabeth, who was six months pregnant with John. At Mary's greeting the child leaped in Elizabeth's womb, Elizabeth blessed Mary and her child, and Mary sang the song of praise known as the Magnificat.
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The birth of Jesus
Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea to Mary, a virgin betrothed to Joseph, during the reign of Herod the Great. Luke records the manger and the angels' announcement to shepherds; Matthew records Joseph's obedience and the visit of the magi.
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Elizabeth
Elizabeth was a descendant of Aaron, the wife of the priest Zechariah, righteous and childless until old age. God gave her a son, John the Baptist. When the pregnant Mary visited her, she was filled with the Holy Spirit and blessed Mary as the mother of her Lord.
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John the Baptist
John the Baptist was the prophet who preached repentance in the wilderness of Judea and baptized in the Jordan River. He identified Jesus as the Lamb of God, baptized Him, and was later imprisoned and executed by Herod Antipas.
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Zechariah, father of John
Zechariah was a priest of the division of Abijah serving in the temple when Gabriel told him his elderly wife Elizabeth would bear a son named John. Because he doubted, he was silent until the child was named. His speech returned in a prophecy about the dawn from on high visiting God's people.
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Promise and fulfillment
Promise and fulfillment is the pattern by which the New Testament reads the Old: God speaks in advance through prophets, patterns, and covenants, and the Gospels show those words coming true in Jesus. FaithGraph labels each such link by the kind of evidence behind it.
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Connections around The birth of John the Baptist
Mary visits Elizabeth precedes The birth of John the Baptist
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceMary stays about three months and returns home; Elizabeth's time to give birth then comes.
Evidence:The birth of John the Baptist precedes The birth of Jesus
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceElizabeth was six months pregnant at the annunciation, so John is born about six months before Jesus.
Evidence:Elizabeth participates in The birth of John the Baptist
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceElizabeth gives birth and insists the child be called John.
Evidence:John the Baptist participates in The birth of John the Baptist
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe child born and named John is the one who will go before the Lord.
Zechariah, father of John participates in The birth of John the Baptist
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceZechariah confirms the name in writing, regains his speech, and prophesies.
Evidence:The birth of John the Baptist develops the theme Promise and fulfillment
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceZechariah's song ties the birth to God remembering His holy covenant and the oath sworn to Abraham.
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