Gaius Julius Caesar
The Gospel of Matthew says that the Prophet Zechariah was killed between the temple and the altar,
The text: Behold, serpents are children of vipers, how do you escape from the judgment of hell? 34 Therefore, behold, I am sending you prophets, wise men, and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and be driven from city to city 35 so that all the pure blood that was shed on the earth may come upon you, from the blood of Abel the righteous to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barchiah whom you killed between the temple and the altar. 36 Truly, I say to you: All this will come upon this generation!
Luke says: Since many have taken to composing a story about the things certain about us, and they have taken to define who the prophet is Zikriah and his son John without mentioning the name of the Baptist, and I would like to point out here that the message consists of only the first page of the Gospel
Here is the text: Since many have taken to composing a story about the things certain with us, 2 as they were handed down to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word, 3 I also thought, having carefully traced everything from the first, to write in succession to you, dear Theophilus, 4 that you might know the soundness of the words which I learned.
5In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, of the division of Abijah, and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. 6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. 7 And they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren. They were both advanced in their days.
8Whilehe was a priest in the fit of his division before God 9 according to the custom of the priesthood, the lottery fell upon him to enter into the temple of the Lord and incense. 10 And all the multitude of the people were praying outside at the time of incense. 11 Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing to the right of the altar of incense. 12 And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him. 13 And the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will name him John. 14 And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth. 15 For he will be great before the Lord, and he will not drink wine and intoxicants, and from his mother's womb he will be filled with the Holy Spirit. 16 And he will restore many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God. 17 And he will come before him in the spirit and strength of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the minds of the righteous, to make ready for the Lord a people ready.” 18 And Zacharias said to the angel, How shall I know this, for I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in her days? 19 And the angel answered, “I am Gabriel, who stands before God, and I am sent to speak to you, and bring you good tidings of this. 20 And behold, you will be silent, and cannot speak until the day this happens, because you have not believed my words, which will be fulfilled in due time.” 21 And the people were waiting for Zechariah and marveling at his slowness in the temple. 22 And when he came out, he could not speak to them, so they understood that he had seen a vision in the temple. He was nodding to them and remained silent.
Caesar is the prophet Zechariah
The historian Plutarch says that Caesar was the high priest, here is the text:
At this time, too, Metellus, the pontifex maximus, or high priest, died, and though Isauricus and Catulus were candidates for the priesthood, which was an object of great ambition, and though they were most illustrious men and of the greatest influence in the senate Caesar would not give way to them, but presented himself to the people as a rival candidate. The favour of the electors appeared to be about equally divided, and therefore Catulus, who, as the worthier of Caesar's competitors, dreaded more the uncertainty of the issue, sent, and tried to induce Caesar to desist from his ambitious project, offering him large sums of money. But Caesar declared that he would carry the contest through even though he had to borrow still larger sums.
The day for the election came, and as Caesar's mother accompanied him to the door in tears, he kissed her and said: "Mother, to‑day thou shalt see thy son either pontifex maximusor an exile." The contest was sharp, but when the vote was taken Caesar prevailed.
Vincenzo Camuccini, The Death of Julius Caesar, 1825 (photo Wikimedia commons)
John the Baptist and John Ibn Zacharias
There are two under the name of John, there are John the son of Zacharias and John the Baptist. John the Baptist was not in the era of Christ but was killed before his birth, and he is the Roman leaderMarcus Licinius Crassus. As for John the son of Zacharias, he is Caesar Augustus and he is his son, not his adopted son.
The Qur'an and the Prophet Zechariah
The woman of Imran said, “My Lord, I have vowed to you what is in my womb liberated, so you accept from me that you are the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.” (35) When I gave birth to her, she said, “My Lord, I gave birth to a female, and God knows what she gave birth, and the male is not like the female.” By accepting good and growing her a good plant, and Zacharias guaranteed her. Whenever Zacharias entered the mihrab, he found with her provision. He said, “Oh Mary, how do you have this?” She said, “It is from God. God provides for whom He wills without reckoning.” The supplication (38) Then the angels called him while he was standing and praying in the mihrab that God gives you good news of Yahya, confirming a word from God, a master, a forsaken, and a prophet from among the righteous (39) He said, “Lord, how can I have a boy when I have reached old age and my wife is barren?” He said, “So God does what He wills.” I have a verse He said: Your sign is that you do not speak to people for three days except as a symbol, and remember your Lord often and glorify in the evening and early morning
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