There was in the days of Herod, king of Judaea, a certain priest, Zacharias by name, of the course of Abija; and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

And Zacharias, seeing him, was troubled; and fear fell upon him.

But the angel said to him, "Fear not, Zacharias; because your supplication was heard; and your wife Elizabeth shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

And Zacharias said to the angel, "By what shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife is far advanced in her days."

And the people were waiting for Zacharias, and they were wondering at his tarrying in the temple.

and entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elizabeth.

And it came to pass, on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they were calling him Zacharias, after the name of his father.

And Zacharias, his father, was filled with the Holy Spirit, and he prophesied, saying,

in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness;