Luke 1:1-13 ▼

1 Forasmuch as many haue taken in hand to set foorth the storie of those things, whereof we are fully persuaded,

2 As they haue deliuered them vnto vs, which from the beginning saw them their selues, & were ministers of ye word,

3 It seemed good also to me ( most noble Theophilus) assoone as I had searched out perfectly all things from the beginning, to write vnto thee thereof from point to point,

4 That thou mightest acknowledge the certaintie of those things, whereof thou hast bene instructed.

5 In the time of Herod King of Iudea, there was a certaine Priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabet.

6 Both were iust before God, and walked in all the commandements and ordinances of the Lord, without reproofe.

7 And they had no childe, because that Elisabet was barren: and both were well stricken in age.

8 And it came to passe, as he executed the Priestes office before God, as his course came in order,

9 According to the custome of the Priests office, his lot was to burne incense, when he went into the Temple of the Lord.

10 And the whole multitude of the people were without in prayer, while the incense was burning.

11 Then appeared vnto him an Angel of the Lorde standing at the right side of the altar of incense.

12 And when Zacharias sawe him, he was troubled, and feare fell vpon him.

13 But the Angel saide vnto him, Feare not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard, and thy wise Elisabet shall beare thee a sonne, and thou shalt call his name Iohn.