* 26In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth,Ģ7to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary.
He was gesturing to them but remained mute.Ģ3Then, when his days of ministry were completed, he went home.Ģ4After this time his wife Elizabeth conceived, and she went into seclusion for five months, saying,Ģ5“So has the Lord done for me at a time when he has seen fit to take away my disgrace before others.” kĪnnouncement of the Birth of Jesus.
i 20But now you will be speechless and unable to talk * until the day these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled at their proper time.” jĢ1Meanwhile the people were waiting for Zechariah and were amazed that he stayed so long in the sanctuary.Ģ2But when he came out, he was unable to speak to them, and they realized that he had seen a vision in the sanctuary. I was sent to speak to you and to announce to you this good news. * He will be filled with the holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb, g 16and he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God.ġ7He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah * to turn the hearts of fathers toward children and the disobedient to the understanding of the righteous, to prepare a people fit for the Lord.” h 18Then Zechariah said to the angel, “How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years.”ġ9And the angel said to him in reply, “I am Gabriel, * who stand before God. He will drink neither wine nor strong drink. f 14And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth,ġ5for he will be great in the sight of Lord. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall name him John. e 10Then, when the whole assembly of the people was praying outside at the hour of the incense offering,ġ1the angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right of the altar of incense.ġ2Zechariah was troubled by what he saw, and fear came upon him.ġ3But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, * Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. d 8Once when he was serving as priest in his division’s turn before God,ĩaccording to the practice of the priestly service, he was chosen by lot to enter the sanctuary of the Lord to burn incense. c 6Both were righteous in the eyes of God, observing all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blamelessly.ħBut they had no child, * because Elizabeth was barren and both were advanced in years. 5In the days of Herod, King of Judea, * there was a priest named Zechariah of the priestly division of Abijah his wife was from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. 1Since many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the events that have been fulfilled among us, a 2just as those who were eyewitnesses from the beginning and ministers of the word have handed them down to us, b 3I too have decided, after investigating everything accurately anew, to write it down in an orderly sequence for you, most excellent Theophilus,Ĥso that you may realize the certainty of the teachings you have received.Īnnouncement of the Birth of John.
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