Luke 1:8-20

⁸And it came to passe, as he executed the Priestes office before God, as his course came in order,

⁹According to the custome of the Priests office, his lot was to burne incense, when he went into the Temple of the Lord.

¹⁰And the whole multitude of the people were without in prayer, while the incense was burning.

¹¹Then appeared vnto him an Angel of the Lord standing at the right side of the altar of incense.

¹²And when Zacharias sawe him, he was troubled, and feare fell vpon him.

¹³But the Angel saide vnto him, Feare not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard, and thy wise Elisabet shall beare thee a sonne, and thou shalt call his name Iohn.

¹⁴And thou shalt haue ioy and gladnes, and many shall reioyce at his birth.

¹⁵For he shalbe great in the sight of the Lord, and shall neither drinke wine, nor strong drinke: and he shalbe filled with the holy Ghost, euen from his mothers wombe.

¹⁶And many of the children of Israel shall he turne to their Lord God.

¹⁷For he shall goe before him in the spirite and power of Elias, to turne the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisedome of the iust men, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

¹⁸Then Zacharias said vnto ye Angel, Whereby shall I knowe this? for I am an olde man, and my wife is of a great age.

¹⁹And the Angell answered, and sayde vnto him, I am Gabriel that stand in the presence of God, and am sent to speake vnto thee, and to shew thee these good tidings.

²⁰And beholde, thou shalt be domme, and not be able to speake, vntill the day that these things be done, because thou beleeuedst not my words, which shalbe fulfilled in their season.