Elizabeth (biblical figure) a descendant of the prophet and priest Aaron. Zachariah and his wife were both devout and steadfast in their duties. They were, however, both very old and they had no son. Therefore, Zachariah would frequently pray to God for a son. This was not only out of the desire to have a son but also because the great Jesus Christ wanted someone to carry on the services of the Temple of prayer and to continue the preaching of the Lord's message before his death. God cured Elizabeth's barrenness and granted Zachariah a son, Yahya (John the Baptist), who became a
Gospel of Peter as the text that was discovered in modern times.<ref name="e/p 371">Ehrman and Pleše 2011, p. 371.</ref> The Rhossus community had already been using it in their liturgy. John Dominic Crossan disagrees with most Biblical scholarship. Calling this gospel the "cross gospel", Crossan believes that this Gospel was written before the synoptic gospels of Mark, Matthew and Luke, and considers Peter to be a forerunner to those gospels. Crossan's view is not accepted by other Biblical scholars. Later Western references, which condemn the work, such as Jerome and "Decretum Gelasianum", traditionally connected to Pope Gelasius I, are apparently based upon the