Who was Zechariah?
Zechariah was a priest born in Babylon during the exile into a family of priests. His name— “Yahweh Remembers” — was chosen to remind him that although he was growing up in a foreign land, God had not forgotten him or his people. As a young man God had proven that He remembered the Jews when He arranged for them to return to Jerusalem. According to tradition, Zechariah was an original member of the ruling group of 120 which later became the Sanhedrin council. Zechariah started the prophecies recorded in his book 2 months after his contemporary Haggai.
