according to the custom of the priesthood, his lot was to make perfume, having gone into the sanctuary of the Lord,

And the people were waiting for Zacharias, and wondering at his tarrying in the sanctuary,

and having come out, he was not able to speak to them, and they perceived that a vision he had seen in the sanctuary, and he was beckoning to them, and did remain dumb.

and the sun was darkened, and the vail of the sanctuary was rent in the midst,