4. so that you might know the truthfulness of those words by which you have been instructed.
5. There was, in the days of Herod, king of Judea, a certain priest named Zechariah, of the section of Abijah, and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
6. Now they were both just before God, progressing in all of the commandments and the justifications of the Lord without blame.
7. And they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both had become advanced in years.
8. Then it happened that, when he was exercising the priesthood before God, in the order of his section,
9. according to the custom of the priesthood, the lot fell so that he would offer incense, entering into the temple of the Lord.
10. And the entire multitude of the people was praying outside, at the hour of incense.
11. Then there appeared to him an Angel of the Lord, standing at the right of the altar of incense.
12. And upon seeing him, Zechariah was disturbed, and fear fell over him.
13. But the Angel said to him: "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth shall bear a son to you. And you shall call his name John.
14. And there will be joy and exultation for you, and many will rejoice in his nativity.
15. For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will not drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.
16. And he will convert many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God.