ELIZABETH
Mother of John the Baptist
Like Mary, mother of the Son of Man, Jesus, Elizabeth is another of the miracle mothers in the Bible. Barren in her old age, she conceived a life in very close proximity to Mary and gave birth to a son. She and her husband named him John, as an angel had instructed. Like Hannah before her, she dedicated her son to God, and like Hannah’s son, he also became a great prophet, John the Baptist. Elizabeth’s joy was complete when her relative Mary visited her for three months, who was also pregnant with a miracle baby, this one with the future Savior of the World.
