Elizabeth (biblical figure) born from Hananah. Mary gave birth to Jesus and he was the son of the daughter of John's aunt. John was the son of the aunt of Mary, and the aunt of one's mother is like one's aunt." Elizabeth (biblical figure) Elizabeth, also spelled Elisabeth (Greek Ἐλισάβετ) or "Elisheba" (from the Hebrew אֱלִישֶׁבַע / אֱלִישָׁבַע "My God has sworn"; Standard Hebrew Elišévaʿ Elišávaʿ, Tiberian Hebrew ʾĔlîšéḇaʿ ʾĔlîšāḇaʿ; Arabic أليصابات, "Alyassabat"), was the mother of John the Baptist and the wife of Zechariah, according to the Gospel of Luke. According to the Gospel of Luke, Elizabeth was "of the daughters of
The Gospel According to Luke (song) Bible, particularly Gospel of Luke in the New Testament. The man offers to buy Luke breakfast, to which he is thankful. A few days later, the two meet again, this time at a mission. Luke is seen giving the meager change he had collected during the past week, explaining that the needs of the mission and helping others were more important than his own wants or needs. In essence, the young man had witnessed a modern-day version of the lesson of the widow's mite (as told in both Luke 21:1-4 and Mark 12:41-44), where an elderly widow gives two mites