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The birth of John announced to Zacharias

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Luke 1:5–25: in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, there is a certain priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah; his wife is of the daughters of Aaron, and her name is Elizabeth. They are both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord, but they have no child, because Elizabeth is barren, and they are both well advanced in years. While Zacharias executes the priest’s office before God in the order of his division, according to the custom of the priest’s office his lot is to enter into the temple of the Lord and burn incense, and the whole multitude of the people are praying outside at the hour of incense. An angel of the Lord appears to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense, and Zacharias is troubled, and fear falls upon him. The angel says, “Don’t be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard. Your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John”: Zacharias will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at the son’s birth, for he will be great in the sight of the Lord, will drink no wine nor strong drink, will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb, and will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God, and go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, “to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,” and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to prepare a people prepared for the Lord. Zacharias says, “How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years.” The angel answers, “I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God. I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news”; because Zacharias did not believe the angel’s words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time, he will be silent and not able to speak until the day that these things happen. The people wait for Zacharias and marvel that he delays in the temple; when he comes out he cannot speak to them, and they perceive that he has seen a vision in the temple; he continues making signs to them and remains mute, and when the days of his service are fulfilled he departs to his house. After these days Elizabeth his wife conceives and hides herself five months, saying, “Thus has the Lord done to me in the days in which he looked at me, to take away my reproach among men.”

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LUK 1:5–25, engwebp
⁵There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
⁶They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.
⁷But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both were well advanced in years.
⁸Now while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his division
⁹according to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to enter into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.
¹⁰The whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense.
¹¹An angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
¹²Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him.
¹³But the angel said to him, “Don’t be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard. Your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.
¹⁴You will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth.
¹⁵For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.
¹⁶He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God.
¹⁷He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to prepare a people prepared for the Lord.”
¹⁸Zacharias said to the angel, “How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years.”
¹⁹The angel answered him, “I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God. I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.
²⁰Behold, you will be silent and not able to speak until the day that these things will happen, because you didn’t believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time.”
²¹The people were waiting for Zacharias, and they marveled that he delayed in the temple.
²²When he came out, he could not speak to them. They perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple. He continued making signs to them, and remained mute.
²³When the days of his service were fulfilled, he departed to his house.
²⁴After these days Elizabeth his wife conceived, and she hid herself five months, saying,
²⁵“Thus has the Lord done to me in the days in which he looked at me, to take away my reproach among men.”
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Evidence: Luke 1:5–25
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Evidence: Luke 1:5–25

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Current wording: Luke 1:5–25: in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, there is a certain priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah; his wife is of the daughters of Aaron, and her name is Elizabeth. They are both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord, but they have no child, because Elizabeth is barren, and they are both well advanced in years. While Zacharias executes the priest’s office before God in the order of his division, according to the custom of the priest’s office his lot is to enter into the temple of the Lord and burn incense, and the whole multitude of the people are praying outside at the hour of incense. An angel of the Lord appears to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense, and Zacharias is troubled, and fear falls upon him. The angel says, “Don’t be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard. Your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John”: Zacharias will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at the son’s birth, for he will be great in the sight of the Lord, will drink no wine nor strong drink, will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb, and will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God, and go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, “to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,” and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to prepare a people prepared for the Lord. Zacharias says, “How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years.” The angel answers, “I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God. I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news”; because Zacharias did not believe the angel’s words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time, he will be silent and not able to speak until the day that these things happen. The people wait for Zacharias and marvel that he delays in the temple; when he comes out he cannot speak to them, and they perceive that he has seen a vision in the temple; he continues making signs to them and remains mute, and when the days of his service are fulfilled he departs to his house. After these days Elizabeth his wife conceives and hides herself five months, saying, “Thus has the Lord done to me in the days in which he looked at me, to take away my reproach among men.”
Cited evidence: LUK 1:5–25, engwebp
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