Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.ġ4He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,ġ5for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. 1Many have undertaken to compose an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us,Ģjust as they were handed down to us by the initial eyewitnesses and servants of the word.ģTherefore, having carefully investigated everything from the beginning, it seemed good also to me to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,Ĥso that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.ĥIn the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and whose wife Elizabeth was a daughter of Aaron.ĦBoth of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.ħBut they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.ĨOne day while Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,ĩhe was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense.ġ0And at the hour of the incense offering, the whole congregation was praying outside.ġ1Just then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.ġ2When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and gripped with fear.ġ3But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard.
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