66. The people who heard about them wondered, saying, “What will this child be?” because the Lord was with him.
67. Then Zechariah, John’s father, was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:
68. “Let us praise the Lord, the God of Israel,because he has come to help his people and has given them freedom.
69. He has given us a powerful Saviorfrom the family of God’s servant David.
70. He said that he would do thisthrough his holy prophets who lived long ago: