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Engraving by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (March 26, 1794 - May 24, 1872) Zechariah's wife, Elizabeth, came from the family of Aaron. Zechariah and Elizabeth truly did what God said was good. They did everything the Lord commanded and were without fault in keeping his law. But they had no children, because Elizabeth could not have a baby, and both of them were very old. One day Zechariah was serving as a priest before God, because his group was on duty. According to the custom of the priests, he was chosen by lot to go into the Temple of the Lord and burn incense. There were a great many people outside praying at the time the incense was offered. Then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing on the right side of the incense table. When he saw the angel, Zechariah was startled and frightened. But the angel said to him, "Zechariah, don't be afraid. God has heard your prayer. Your wife, Elizabeth, will give birth to a son, and you will name him John. He will bring you joy and gladness, and many people will be happy because of his birth. He will help many people of Israel return to the Lord their God. He will go before the Lord in spirit and power like Elijah. He will make peace between parents and their children and will bring those who are not obeying God back to the right way of thinking, to make a people ready for the coming of the Lord." Zechariah said to the angel, "How can I know that what you say is true? I am an old man, and my wife is old, too." The angel answered him, "I am Gabriel. I stand before God, who sent me to talk to you and to tell you this good news. Luke 1:5-14, 16-22 illustration was published in "Die Bibel in Bildern"(1860) scan by Ivan Burmistrov [url=http://www.istockphoto.com/file_search.php?action=file&lightboxID=7375479][img]http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3904/iburmistrov.2/0_3d6f4_63c43c71_orig[/img][/url]