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JOHN is CONCEIVED |
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5 | In the days of Herod, king of Judea, | ||
there was a priest named Zechariah | |||
of the division of Abijah | |||
and he had a wife 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 | But they had no child, | ||
because Elizabeth was barren, | |||
and both were advanced in years. | |||
8 | Now while he was serving as priest before God | ||
when his division was on duty, | |||
9 | according to the custom of the priesthood, | ||
it fell to him by lot to enter the temple of the Lord | |||
and burn incense. | |||
And the whole multitude of the people were praying outside | |||
at the hour of incense. | |||
11 | And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord | ||
standing on the right side of the altar of incense. | |||
12 | And Zechariah was troubled when he saw him, | ||
and fear fell upon him. | |||
13 | But the angel said to him, | ||
"Do not be afraid, Zechariah, | |||
for your prayer is heard, | |||
and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, | |||
and you shall call his name 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 shall drink no wine nor strong drink, | |||
and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, | |||
even from his mother's womb. | |||
16 | And he will turn many of the sons of Israel | ||
to the Lord their God, | |||
17 | and he 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 make ready for the Lord a people prepared." | |||
18 | And Zechariah said to the angel, | ||
"How shall I know this? | |||
For I am an old man, | |||
and my wife is advanced in years." | |||
19 | And the angel answered him, | ||
"I am Gabriel, who stand in the presence of God; | |||
and I was sent to speak to you, | |||
and to bring you this good news. | |||
20 | And behold, you will be silent and unable to speak | ||
until the day that these things come to pass, | |||
because you did not believe my words, | |||
which will be fulfilled in their time." | |||
21 | And the people were waiting for Zechariah, | ||
and they wondered at his delay in the temple. | |||
22 | And when he came out, | ||
he could not speak to them, | |||
and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple; | |||
and he made signs to them and remained dumb. | |||
23 | And when his time of service was ended, | ||
he went to his home. | |||
24 | After these days his wife Elizabeth conceived, | ||
and for five months she hid herself, | |||
saying, | |||
25 | "Thus the Lord has done to me | ||
in the days when he looked on me, | |||
to take away my reproach among men." |
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3 | Sequence in synoptic outlines |
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