The Martyrdom of Zechariah lists Micahel as one of four archangels who brought Zechariah's dead body to the Temple and later bury Zechariah below the altar in the Temple.
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- Book
- Source
- Tony Burke Non-LDS
- Hearsay
- Translation
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The Martyrdom of Zechariah 5, in Tony Burke and Sarah Veale, trans. New Testament Apocrypha, ed. Tony Burke, 3 vols. (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2023), 3:152-53
- Scribe/Publisher
- Eerdmans
- People
- Sarah Veale, Tony Burke, Michael
- Audience
- Reading Public
PDF- Transcription
Zechariah and John are baptized in the temple
5 When John had been in the desert for four months, the Lord went from Egypt with the archangel to Bethlehem of Judea into the temple of God. And he commanded Uriel and brought John there during the night. And the four angels—Michael, Gabriel, Uriel, and Raphael, in whom also God is present—came out and they brought the body of Zechariah. “The Lord blew on him and he gave breath of life to him.” And rising, everyone was delighted with the service.
And the Savior commanded and water came out from the endless spring in the Holy of Holies in the temple. There he baptized first John and forthwith in this way he baptized his father Zechariah. The angels shouted, “Amen!” And again they shouted, “Holy, holy, holy is God, who is seated on the throne of his glory! Because this decree and the heavenly water are from the father of men.” And again they said, “Amen!” Then, the Lord commanded his angels and they took charge of the body of Zechariah and buried him in the temple of God below the altar.
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