Nativity of Saint John the Baptist seen in the emphasis Luke gives to the announcement of his birth and the event itself, both set in prominent parallel to the same occurrences in the life of Jesus. The sole biblical account of the birth of John the Baptist comes from the Gospel of Luke. John's parents, Zechariah or "Zachary" — a Jewish priest — and Elizabeth, were without children and both were beyond the age of child-bearing. During Zechariah's rotation to serve in the Temple in Jerusalem, he was chosen by lot to offer incense at the Golden Altar in the Holy Place. The Archangel Gabriel appeared
Gospel of the Twelve relationship has been postulated between this otherwise unknown gospel and the Gospel of the Ebionites. Gospel of the Twelve The Gospel of the Twelve (), possibly also referred to as the "Gospel of the Apostles", is a lost gospel mentioned by Origen in Homilies in Luke as part of a list of heretical works. Schneemelcher's standard edition of the "New Testament Apocrypha" states that Jerome incorrectly identified the "Gospel of the Twelve", which he referred to as the "Gospel according to the Apostles", with the Gospel of the Hebrews ("Dial. adv. Pelag. III 2"), whereas Origen clearly distinguished between them