Luke [White-light] 1:1-13

¹Since many have undertaken to set in order a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us,

²even as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word delivered them to us,

³it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus God friend;

⁴that you might know the certainty concerning the things in which you were instructed.

⁵There was in the days of Herod Heroic, the king of Judea Praise, a certain priest named Zacharias Remembered by Yah, of the priestly division of Abiyah My father Yah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron Light-bringer, and her name was Elizabeth My God oath.

⁶They were both upright before God, observing all the mitzvot ·instructions· and ordinances of Yahweh blamelessly.

⁷But they had no child, because Elizabeth My God oath was barren, and they both were well advanced in years.

⁸Now while he served in the priest’s office before God in the order of his priestly division,

⁹according to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to enter into the temple of Yahweh and burn incense (as the Cohen Gadol ·High Priest· on Yom Kippur ·Day of Atonement·. On the 7th month of Ethanim on the 10th day).

¹⁰All the people were outside, praying, at the time of the incense burning,

¹¹when there appeared to him an angel of MarYah Master Yahweh, standing on the right side of the altar of incense.

¹²Zacharias Remembered by Yah was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him.

¹³But the angel said to him, “Don’t be afraid, Zacharias Remembered by Yah, because your request has been heard, and your wife, Elizabeth My God oath, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John Yah is gracious.