The Prediction of John the Baptist’s Birth

It happened that in the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a certain priest, Zechariah by name, of the division of Abijah. And he had a wife[a] from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. And they were both righteous in the sight of God, living blamelessly in all the commandments and regulations of the Lord. And they did not have[b] a child, because Elizabeth was barren. And they were both advanced in years.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 1:5 Literally “a wife to him”
  2. Luke 1:7 Literally “there was not to them”
  3. Luke 1:7 Literally “in their days”