18. And Zechariah said to the Angel: "How may I know this? For I am elderly, and my wife is advanced in years."
19. And in response, the Angel said to him: "I am Gabriel, who stands before God, and I have been sent to speak to you, and to proclaim these things to you.
20. And behold, you will be silent and unable to speak, until the day on which these things shall be, because you have not believed my words, which will be fulfilled in their time."
21. And the people were waiting for Zechariah. And they wondered why he was being delayed in the temple.
22. Then, when he came out, he was unable to speak to them. And they realized that he had seen a vision in the temple. And he was making signs to them, but he remained mute.
23. And it happened that, after the days of his office were completed, he went away to his house.
24. Then, after those days, his wife Elizabeth conceived, and she hid herself for five months, saying: