Bible Verses

as he promised through his prophets of old,

In the house of David his servant, he has raised up for us a victorious Savior;

“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has come and redeemed his people. 

Zechariah, filled with the Holy Spirit, prophesied:

All who heard about it reflected and asked: “What will this child be?”  Because they recognized that the Lord’s hand was with him. 

A deep reverence fell on everyone in the neighborhood and across the hill country of Judea, as people talked about these events. 

Immediately, Zechariah could speak again, and his first words were in praise of God.

Zechariah asked for a writing tablet and wrote:  “His name is John.”  They were very surprised.

and they gestured to his father to indicate the name he wanted to give him.

They told her:  “But no one in your family has that name!”