Read Luke 1:5-25 and 1:39-80
Now Elizabeth also never actually talks to Jesus, and neither does Zechariah. But they certainly encounter the Holy Spirit.
- As you read about this incredible older couple, what do you learn about them? Who are they?
- We don’t really get any insight from the scriptures why this couple is chosen to be the parents of John the Baptist. But what would be your speculation about that?
We are all born into an existing story line. Parents who have a story, family, relatives. The same is true of Jesus. We are impacted by the stories we are born into, and Jesus was as well.
- What traits do you admire as you read the story of Elizabeth and Zechariah?