Bible Verses

At the time of offering the incense, all the people were praying outside;

it fell to him by lot, according to the priestly custom, to enter the Lord’s sanctuary and burn incense. 

Prologue

Now, while Zechariah and those with him were carrying out their duties,

but they had no children. Elizabeth was unable to have children, and they were both very old now.

Both of them were righteous in God’s eyes and lived blamelessly according to all the laws and commands of the Lord,

In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there lived a priest named Zechariah, who was part of the priestly clan of Abijah. Elizabeth, Zechariah’s wife, also belonged to a priestly family.

so that your Excellency may know the truth of all you have been taught.

After I, myself, carefully reviewed the whole story from the beginning, it seemed right for me to give you, Theophilus, an orderly account

as they were told by the first witnesses who later became ministers of the word.