In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah; and he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

Zacharias was troubled when he saw the angel, and fear gripped him.

But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your petition has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will give him the name John.

Zacharias said to the angel, “How will I know this for certain? For I am an old man and my wife is advanced in years.”

The people were waiting for Zacharias, and were wondering at his delay in the temple.

and entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth.

And it happened that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to call him Zacharias, after his father.

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

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