There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him.

But the angel said to him, "Don't be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard, and your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

Zacharias said to the angel, "How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years."

The people were waiting for Zacharias, and they marveled that he delayed in the temple.

and entered into the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth.

It happened on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of the father.

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.