Zacharias

In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and whose wife Elizabeth was a daughter of Aaron.

When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and gripped with fear.

But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.

“How can I be sure of this?” Zechariah asked the angel. “I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years.”

Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he took so long in the temple.

where she entered the home of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.

On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.

Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:

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