in accordance with the priests' customs, to go into the sanctuary of the Lord to burn the incense,

Meanwhile the people kept waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he stayed so long in the sanctuary.

But when he came out, he could not speak to them, and so they knew that he had seen a vision in the sanctuary. Meanwhile he kept on making signs to them, and remained dumb.

from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary: yea, I say unto you, it shall be required of this generation.

for the sun had failed to shine. And the curtain before the sanctuary was torn in two.