Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 101
? ZACHARIAS, HIS WIFE AND JOHN The Bible says about Zacharias and his wife: "And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. " (Luke 1:6) 94 Further, the angels said to Zacharias (peace be on him) in respect of John: "For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb. " (Luke, 1:15) Evidently, therefore, it meant that the Holy Spirit will not descend on John after his mother had delivered him but that it would descend on him and will take hold of him while he was yet in his mother's womb. There is no gainsaying the fact that sinfulness begins after one is delivered of his mother's womb but one who is taken hold of the Holy Ghost when he is yet in his mother's womb, can never fall a prey to sin. In short, even John was free from sin and vice as the New Testament says. In fact, the Messiah (peace be on him)