Day: December 12, 2023

Luke begins his gospel with the birth story of John the Baptist, a wondrous story of an utterly implausible promise given to a barren couple. But even though the promise came to Zachariah via an angel in the temple’s holy place beside the table of incense (on the right, to be precise), Zachariah protested, “How shall I know this?” “And another thing,” he added, “I am an old man. And my wife is an ol…well, er… she’s advanced in years.” Why Zachariah thought that it would be helpful to explain… Continue reading what sort of greeting is this?