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1. Forasmuch[G1895] as many[G4183] have taken in hand[G2021] to draw up[G392] a narrative[G1335] concerning[G4012] those matters[G4229] which have been fulfilled[G4135] among[G1722] us[G2254],

2. even as[G2531] they delivered[G3860] them unto us[G2254], who[G3588] from[G575] the beginning[G746] were[G1096] eyewitnesses[G845] and[G2532] ministers[G5257] of the word[G3056],

3. it seemed good[G1380] to me also[G2504], having traced[G3877] the course[G3877] of all things[G3956] accurately[G199] from the first[G509], to write[G1125] unto thee[G4671] in order[G2517], most excellent[G2903] Theophilus[G2321];

4. that[G2443] thou mightest know[G1921] the certainty[G803] concerning[G4012] the things[G3056] wherein[G3739] thou wast instructed[G2727].

5. There was[G1096] in[G1722] the days[G2250] of Herod[G2264], king[G935] of Judaea[G2449], a certain[G5100] priest[G2409] named[G3686] Zacharias[G2197], of[G1537] the course[G2183] of[G1537] Abijah[G7]: and[G2532] he had a wife[G1135] of[G1537] the daughters[G2364] of Aaron[G2], and[G2532] her[G846] name[G3686] was Elisabeth[G1665].

6. And[G1161] they were[G2258] both[G297] righteous[G1342] before[G1799] God[G2316], walking[G4198] in[G1722] all[G3956] the commandments[G1785] and[G2532] ordinances[G1345] of the Lord[G2962] blameless[G273].

7. And[G2532] they[G846] had[G2258] no[G3756] child[G5043], because that[G2530] Elisabeth[G1665] was[G2258] barren[G4723], and[G2532] they[G846] both[G297] were[G2258] now well stricken[G4260] in[G1722] years[G2250].

8. Now[G1161] it came to pass[G1096], while[G1722] he[G846] executed the priest[G2407]'s office before[G1725] God[G2316] in[G1722] the order[G5010] of his[G846] course[G2183],

9. according to[G2596] the custom[G1485] of the priest[G2405]'s office, his lot was[G2975] to enter[G1525] into[G1519] the temple[G3485] of the Lord[G2962] and burn incense[G2370].

10. And[G2532] the whole[G3956] multitude[G4128] of the people[G2992] were[G2258] praying[G4336] without[G1854] at the hour[G5610] of incense[G2368].

11. And[G1161] there appeared[G3700] unto him[G846] an angel[G32] of the Lord[G2962] standing[G2476] on[G1537] the right side[G1188] of altar[G2379] of incense[G2368].

12. And[G2532] Zacharias[G2197] was troubled[G5015] when[G1492] he saw[G1492] him[G2532], and fear[G5401] fell[G1968] upon[G1909] him[G846].

13. But[G1161] the angel[G32] said[G2036] unto[G4314] him[G846], Fear[G5399] not[G3361], Zacharias[G2197]: because[G1360] thy[G4675] supplication[G1162] is heard[G1522], and[G2532] thy[G4675] wife[G1135] Elisabeth[G1665] shall bear[G1080] thee[G4671] a son[G5207], and[G2532] thou shalt call[G2564] his[G846] name[G3686] John[G2491].

14. And[G2532] thou[G4671] shalt have[G2071] joy[G5479] and[G2532] gladness[G20]; and[G2532] many[G4183] shall rejoice[G5463] at[G1909] his[G846] birth[G1083].

15. For[G1063] he shall be[G2071] great[G3173] in the sight of[G1799] the Lord[G2962], and[G2532] he shall drink[G4095] no[G3756] wine[G3631] nor[G2532] strong drink[G4608]; and[G2532] he shall be filled[G4130] with[G4151] the Holy[G40] Spirit[G4151], even[G2089] from[G1537] his[G846] mother[G3384]'s womb[G3361].

16. And[G2532] many[G4183] of the children[G5207] of Israel[G2474] shall be turn[G1994] unto[G1909] the Lord[G2962] their[G846] God[G2316].

17. And[G2532] he[G846] shall go[G4281] before[G1799] his face[G846] in[G1722] the spirit[G4151] and[G2532] power[G1411] of Elijah[G2243], to turn[G1994] the hearts[G2588] of the fathers[G3962] to[G1722] the children[G5043], and[G2532] the disobedient[G545] to[G1722] walk in the wisdom[G5428] of the just[G1342]; to make ready[G2090] for the Lord[G2962] a people[G2992] prepared for him[G2680].

18. And[G2532] Zacharias[G2197] said[G2036] unto[G4314] the angel[G32], Whereby[G2596] shall I know[G1097] this[G5124]? for[G1063] I[G1473] am[G1510] an old man[G4246], and[G2532] my[G3450] wife[G1135] well stricken[G4260] in[G1722] years[G2250].

19. And[G2532] the angel[G32] answering[G611] said[G2036] unto him[G846], I[G1473] am[G1510] Gabriel[G1043], that[G3588] stand[G3936] in the presence[G1799] of God[G2316]; and[G2532] I was sent[G649] to speak[G2980] unto[G4314] thee[G4571], and[G2532] to bring[G2097] thee[G4671] these[G5023] good tidings[G2097].

20. And[G2532] behold[G2400], thou shalt be[G2071] silent[G4623] and[G2532] not[G3361] able[G1410] to speak[G2980], until[G891] the day[G2250] that[G3739] these things[G5023] shall come to pass[G1096], because[G473] thou believedst[G4100] not[G3756] my[G3450] words[G3056], which[G3748] shall be fulfilled[G4137] in[G1519] their[G846] season[G3739].

21. And[G2532] the people[G2992] were waiting[G4328] for Zacharias[G2197], and[G2532] they marvelled[G2296] while[G1722] he[G846] tarried[G5549] in[G1722] the temple[G3485].

22. And[G1161] when he came out[G1831], he could[G1410] not[G3756] speak[G2980] unto them[G846]: and[G2532] they perceived[G1921] that[G3754] he had seen[G3708] a vision[G3701] in[G1722] the temple[G3485]: and[G2532] he[G846] continued making signs[G1269] unto them[G846], and[G2532] remained[G1265] dumb[G2258].

23. And[G2532] it came to pass[G1096], when[G5613] the days[G2250] of[G3009] his[G846] ministration[G3009] were fulfilled[G4130], he departed[G565] unto[G1519] his[G846] house[G3624].

24. And[G1161] after[G3326] these[G3778] days[G2250] Elisabeth[G1665] his[G846] wife[G1135] conceived[G4815]; and[G2532] she hid[G4032] herself[G1438] five[G4002] months[G3376], saying[G3004],

25. Thus[G3779] hath[G4160] the Lord[G2962] done[G4160] unto me[G3427] in[G1722] the days[G2250] wherein[G3739] he looked upon[G1896] me[G851], to take away my[G3450] reproach[G3681] among[G1722] men[G444].

26. Now[G1161] in[G1722] the sixth[G1623] month[G3376] the angel[G32] Gabriel[G1043] was sent[G649] from[G5259] God[G2316] unto[G1519] a city[G4172] of Galilee[G1056], named[G3686] Nazareth[G3478],

27. to[G4314] a virgin[G3933] betrothed[G3423] to a man[G435] whose[G3739] name was[G3686] Joseph[G2501], of[G1537] the house[G3624] of David[G1138]; and[G2532] the virgin[G3933]'s name[G3686] was Mary[G3137].

28. And[G2532] he came in[G1525] unto[G4314] her[G846], and said[G2036], Hail[G5463], thou that art highly favored[G5487], the Lord[G2962] is with[G3326] thee[G4675].

29. But[G1161] she was[G1492] greatly troubled[G1298] at[G1909] the[G846] saying[G3056], and[G2532] cast in her mind[G1260] what manner of[G4217] salutation[G783] this[G3778] might be[G1498].

30. And[G2532] the angel[G32] said[G2036] unto her[G846], Fear[G5399] not[G3361], Mary[G3137]: for[G1063] thou hast found[G2147] favor[G5485] with[G3844] God[G2316].

31. And[G2532] behold[G2400], thou shalt conceive[G4815] in[G1722] thy womb[G1064], and[G2532] bring forth[G5088] a son[G5207], and[G2532] shalt call[G2564] his[G846] name[G3686] JESUS[G2424].

32. He[G3778] shall be[G2071] great[G3173], and[G2532] shall be called[G2564] the Son[G5207] of the Most High[G5310]: and[G2532] the Lord[G2962] God[G2316] shall give[G1325] unto him[G846] the throne[G2362] of[G3962] his[G846] father[G3962] David[G1138]:

33. and[G2532] he shall reign[G936] over[G1909] the house[G3624] of Jacob[G2384] for[G1519] ever[G165]; and[G2532] of[G932] his[G846] kingdom[G932] there shall be[G2071] no[G3756] end[G5056].

34. And[G1161] Mary[G3137] said[G2036] unto[G4314] the angel[G32], How[G4459] shall[G2071] this[G5124] be[G2071], seeing[G1893] I know[G1097] not[G3756] a man[G435]?

35. And[G2532] the angel[G32] answered[G611] and[G2532] said[G2036] unto her[G846], The Holy[G40] Spirit[G4151] shall come[G1904] upon[G1909] thee[G4571], and[G2532] the power[G1411] of the Most High[G5310] shall overshadow[G1982] thee[G4671]: wherefore also[G2532] the holy thing[G40] which is begotten[G1080] shall be called[G2564] the Son[G5207] of God[G2316].

36. And[G2532] behold[G2400], Elisabeth[G1665] thy[G4675] kinswoman[G4773], she[G846] also[G2532] hath[G4815] conceived[G4815] a son[G5207] in[G1722] her[G846] old age[G1094]; and[G2532] this[G3778] is[G2076] the sixth[G1623] month[G3376] with her[G846] that was called[G2564] barren[G4723].

37. For[G3754] no[G3756] word from[G3844] God[G2316] shall be void of power[G101].

38. And[G1161] Mary[G3137] said[G2036], Behold[G2400], the handmaid[G1399] of the Lord[G2962]; be it[G1096] unto me[G3427] according to[G2596] thy[G4675] word[G4487]. And[G2532] the angel[G32] departed[G565] from[G575] her[G846].

39. And[G1161] Mary[G3137] arose[G450] in[G1722] these[G3778] days[G2250] and went[G4198] into[G1519] the hill country[G3714] with[G3326] haste[G4710], into[G1519] a city[G4172] of Judah[G2448];

40. and[G2532] entered[G1525] into[G1519] the house[G3624] of Zacharias[G2197] and[G2532] saluted[G782] Elisabeth[G1665].

41. And[G2532] it came to pass[G1096], when[G5613] Elisabeth[G1665] heard[G191] the salutation[G783] of Mary[G3137], the babe[G1025] leaped[G4640] in[G1722] her[G846] womb[G2836]; and[G2532] Elisabeth[G1665] was filled[G4130] with the[G4151] Holy[G40] Spirit[G40];

42. and[G2532] she lifted up her voice[G5456] with a[G5456] loud[G3173] cry[G5456], and[G2532] said[G2036], Blessed[G2127] art thou[G4771] among[G1722] women[G1135], and[G2532] blessed[G2127] is the fruit[G2590] of[G2836] thy[G4675] womb[G2836].

43. And[G2532] whence[G4159] is this[G5124] to me[G3427], that[G2443] the mother[G3384] of[G2962] my[G3450] Lord[G2962] should come[G2064] unto me[G3165]?

44. For[G1063] behold[G2400], when[G5613] the voice[G5456] of[G783] thy[G4675] salutation[G783] came[G1096] into[G1519] my[G3450] ears[G3775], the babe[G1025] leaped[G4640] in[G1519] my[G3450] womb[G2836] for[G1722] joy[G20].

45. And[G2532] blessed[G3107] is she that believed[G4100]; for[G3754] there shall be[G2071] a fulfilment[G5050] of the things which have been spoken[G2980] to her[G846] from[G3844] the Lord[G2962].

46. And[G2532] Mary[G3137] said[G2036], My[G3450] soul[G5590] doth magnify[G3170] the Lord[G2962],

47. And[G2532] my[G3450] spirit[G4151] hath rejoiced[G21] in[G1909] God[G2316] my[G3450] Saviour[G4990].

48. For[G3754] he hath looked[G1914] upon the low estate[G5014] of[G1399] his[G846] handmaid[G1399]: For[G1063] behold[G2400], from[G575] henceforth[G3568] all[G3956] generations[G1074] shall call[G3106] me[G3165] blessed[G3106].

49. For[G3754] he that is mighty[G1415] hath done[G4160] to me[G3427] great things[G3167]; And[G2532] holy[G40] is his[G846] name[G3686].

50. And[G2532] his[G846] mercy[G1656] is unto[G1519] generations[G1074] and generations[G1074] On them that fear[G5399] him[G846].

51. He hath showed[G4160] strength[G2904] with[G1722] his[G846] arm[G1023]; He hath scattered[G1287] the proud[G5244] in the imagination[G1271] of[G2588] their[G846] heart[G2588].

52. He hath put down[G2507] princes[G1413] from[G575] their thrones[G2362], And[G2532] hath exalted[G5312] them of low degree[G5011].

53. The hungry[G3983] he hath filled[G1705] with good things[G18]; And[G2532] the rich[G4147] he hath sent[G1821] empty[G2756] away[G1821].

54. He hath given help[G482] to Israel[G2474] his[G846] servant[G3816], That[G1656] he might remember[G3415] mercy[G1656]

55. (As[G2531] he spake[G2980] unto[G4314] our[G2257] fathers[G3962]) Toward Abraham[G11] and[G2532, 4690] his[G846] seed[G4690] for[G1519] ever[G165].

56. And[G1161] Mary[G3137] abode[G3306] with[G4862] her[G846] about[G5616] three[G5140] months[G3376], and[G2532] returned[G5290] unto[G1519] her[G846] house[G3624].

57. Now[G1161] Elisabeth[G1665]'s time[G5550] was fulfilled[G4130] that[G4130] she[G846] should be delivered[G5088]; and[G2532] she brought forth[G1080] a son[G5207].

58. And[G2532] her[G846] neighbors[G4040] and[G2532] her[G846] kinsfolk[G4773] heard[G191] that[G3754] the Lord[G2962] had magnified[G3170] his mercy[G1656] towards[G3326] her[G846]; and[G2532] they rejoiced[G4796] with her[G846].

59. And[G2532] it came to pass on[G1722] the eighth[G3590] day[G2250], that[G1096] they came[G2064] to circumcise[G4059] the child[G3813]; and[G2532] they would have called[G2564] him[G846] Zacharias[G2197], after[G1909] the name[G3686] of[G3962] the[G846] father[G3962].

60. And[G2532] his[G846] mother[G3384] answered[G611] and said[G2036], Not[G3780] so[G235]; but he shall be called[G2564] John[G2491].

61. And[G2532] they said[G2036] unto[G4314] her[G846], There is[G2076] none[G3762] of[G1722] thy[G4675] kindred[G4772] that[G3739] is called[G2564] by[G3686] this[G5129] name[G3754].

62. And[G1161] they made signs[G1770] to[G3962] his[G846] father[G3962], what[G5101] he would have[G2309] him[G846] called[G2564].

63. And[G2532] he asked[G154] for a writing tablet[G4093], and wrote[G1125], saying[G3004], His[G846] name[G3686] is[G2076] John[G2491]. And[G2532] they marvelled[G2296] all[G3956].

64. And[G1161] his[G846] mouth[G4750] was opened[G455] immediately[G3916], and[G2532] his[G846] tongue[G1100] loosed[G2532], and he spake[G2980], blessing[G2127] God[G2316].

65. And[G2532] fear[G5401] came[G1096] on[G1909] all[G3956] that dwelt round about[G4039] them[G846]: and[G2532] all[G3956] these[G5023] sayings[G4487] were noised abroad[G1255] throughout[G1722] all[G3650] the hill country[G3714] of Judaea[G2449].

66. And[G2532] all[G3956] that heard[G191] them laid[G5087] them up[G5087] in[G1722] their[G846] heart[G2588], saying[G3004], What[G5101] then[G687] shall[G2071] this[G5124] child[G3813] be[G2071]? For[G2532] the hand[G5495] of the Lord[G2962] was[G2258] with[G3326] him[G846].

67. And[G2532] his[G846] father[G3962] Zacharias[G2197] was filled[G4130] with the[G4151] Holy[G40] Spirit[G4151], and[G2532] prophesied[G4395], saying[G3004],

68. Blessed[G2128] be the Lord[G2962], the God[G2316] of Israel[G2474]; For[G3754] he hath visited[G1980] and[G2532] wrought redemption[G3085] for his[G846] people[G2992],

69. And[G2532] hath raised up[G1453] a horn[G2768] of salvation[G4991] for us[G2254] In[G1722] the house[G3624] of[G3816] his[G846] servant[G3816] David[G1138]

70. (As[G2531] he spake[G2980] by[G1223] the mouth[G4750] of[G4396] his[G846] holy[G40] prophets[G4396] that[G3588] have been from[G575] of old[G165]),

71. Salvation[G4991] from[G1537] our[G2257] enemies[G2190], and[G2532] from[G1537] the hand[G5495] of all[G3956] that hate[G3404] us[G2248];

72. To show[G4160] mercy[G1656] towards[G3326], our[G2257] fathers[G3962], And[G2532] to remember[G3415] his[G846] holy[G40] covenant[G1242];

73. The oath[G3727] which[G3739] he spake[G3660] unto[G4314] Abraham[G11] our[G2257] father[G3962],

74. To grant[G1325] unto us[G2254] that we being delivered[G4506] out of[G1537] the hand[G5495] of[G2190] our[G2257] enemies[G2190] Should serve[G3000] him[G846] without fear[G870],

75. In[G1722] holiness[G3742] and[G2532] righteousness[G1343] before[G1799] him[G846] all[G3956] our[G2257] days[G2250].

76. Yea and[G2532] thou[G4771], child[G3813], shalt be called[G2564] the prophet[G4396] of the Most High[G5310]: For[G1063] thou shalt go[G4313] before[G4253] the face[G4383] of the Lord[G2962] to make ready[G2090] his[G846] ways[G3598];

77. To give[G1325] knowledge[G1108] of salvation[G4991] unto[G2992] his[G846] people[G2992] In[G1722] the remission[G859] of[G266] their[G846] sins[G266],

78. Because[G1223] of[G2316] the[G1656] tender[G4698] mercy[G1656] of[G2316] our[G2257] God[G2316], Whereby[G1722] the dayspring[G395] from[G1537] on high[G5311] shall visit us[G2248],

79. To shine[G2014] upon them[G3588] that sit[G2521] in[G1722] darkness[G4655] and[G2532] the shadow[G4639] of death[G2288]; To guide[G2720] our[G2257] feet[G4228] into[G1519] the way[G3598] of peace[G1515].

80. And[G1161] the child[G3813] grew[G837], and[G2532] waxed strong[G2901] in spirit[G4151], and[G2532] was[G2258] in[G1722] the deserts[G2048] till[G2193] the day[G2250] of[G323] his[G846] showing[G323] unto[G4314] Israel[G2474].