10 while the crowd of people outside prayed during the hour when the incense was burnt.
11 An angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right of the altar where the incense was burnt.
12 When Zechariah saw him, he was alarmed and felt afraid.
13 But the angel said to him, “Don't be afraid, Zechariah! God has heard your prayer, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son. You are to name him John.
14 How glad and happy you will be, and how happy many others will be when he is born!
15 He will be a great man in the Lord's sight. He must not drink any wine or strong drink. From his very birth he will be filled with the Holy Spirit,
16 and he will bring back many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God.