8. Now while he served as priest before God, when his division was on duty,
9. according to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.
10. And the whole crowd of people were praying outside at the hour of incense.
11. Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
12. When Zechariah saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him.
13. But the angel said to him, “Do not fear, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.
14. You will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth.
15. For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.