The Angel Gabriel announces the birth of John to Zacharia. Artist: Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld. Engraver: Steinberg, inscribed lower right. Source: Die Bibel in Bildern, Plate 161. Click on image to enlarge it.
And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him. But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. [Luke 1: 12-13]
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Bibliography
Die Bibel in Bildern [Picture Bible] von Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld. Leipzig: Georg Wigands, 1860. Hathi Digital Trust Library online version of a copy in the Getty Library. Web. 30 June 2016.
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