Zach and Liz (Luke 1:5) were old and well advanced in years (1:7). So was another couple from long ago: Abraham and Sarah (Gen 18:11). Sarah laughed when she heard the promise: can I bear a child at my age? Zach is also skeptical, and for the same reason (1:18).
"Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed" (Rom 4:18) this promise, and so did Zach, since he named him John, against the custom.
As it was through Isaac that Abraham's offspring is reckoned, so it is through John that Abraham's Offspring (Gal 3:16) is reckoned (John 1:29-36).
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