For I have come to tell you that your prayer for a child has been answered. But the angel reassured him, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Zechariah! God is showing grace to you. Zechariah was startled and overwhelmed with fear. All at once an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing just to the right of the altar of incense. A large crowd of worshipers had gathered to pray outside the temple at the hour when incense was being offered. He was chosen by the casting of lots (according to the custom of the priesthood) so the honor fell upon Zechariah to enter the Holy Place and burn incense before the Lord. One day, Zechariah’s priestly order was on duty and he was serving as priest. But they were childless since Elizabeth was barren, and now they both were quite old. They were both righteous before God, living virtuously and following the commandments of the Lord blamelessly. His wife, Elizabeth, was also from a family of priests, and was a descendant of Aaron. During the reign of King Herod the Great of Judea, there was a Jewish priest named Zechariah who served in the temple as part of the priestly order of Abijah.
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