Talk:Zacharias
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It may be better to use for this priest the common modern English spelling Zechariah both in the title and throughout this article. This spelling is used e.g. in the article Elizabeth (Biblical person); but the link there was taking the reader to the prophet Zechariah. I have fixed that link so that it leads to this article. However, a consistent spelling throughout the English Wikipedia for the priest Zechariah must surely be desirable. 01:53, 2 October 2005 (UTC) 195.87.161.38 23:38, 27 May 2006 (UTC) Some of the information in this page conflicts with islamic information. John The Baptist (Yahya) was the son of Zachariah (Zekeriya) but this name (John) was given by God not by Elizabeth. It's also mentioned in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahya 195.87.161.38 23:38, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
From a layman's perspective, I must state that Muslims I know refer to this individual as Zacharias and I may not have found this article but for this fact.
