Elizabeth (biblical figure) matriarch in the Calendar of Saints (November 5) of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod and Zacharias is commemorated as a prophet. Elizabeth ( ‘Ilīṣābāt), the wife of Zachariah, the mother of John the Baptist and cousin of Mary, is an honored woman in Islam. Although Zachariah himself is frequently mentioned by name in the Qur'an, Elizabeth, while not mentioned by name, is referenced. She is revered by Muslims as a wise, pious and believing person who, like her relative Mary, was exalted by God to a high station. She lived in the household of Imran, and is said to have been
Zachariah Mudge (priest) from the original Hebrew,’ London, 1744. The translation was conservative of old phraseology. By his first wife, Mary, Mudge had four sons—Zachariah (1714–1753), a surgeon, who died on board an Indiaman at Canton; Thomas, the horologist; Richard, a composer, clergyman and friend of Handel; and John; as well as one daughter, Mary. Mudge married, secondly, in 1762, Elizabeth Neell, who survived him many years, and died in 1782. Zachariah Mudge (priest) Zachariah Mudge (1694–1769) was an English clergyman, known for his sermons, and his deist or Platonist views. He was born at Exeter, and after attending its grammar school was