Now after this his wife Elizabeth became pregnant, and for five months she secluded herself completely, saying,
So Sarah conceived and gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age, at the appointed time of which God had spoken to him.
But the woman conceived and gave birth to a son at that season the next year, just as Elisha had said to her.
When his time of priestly service was finished, he returned to his home.
“This is how the Lord has dealt with me in the days when He looked with favor on me, to take away my disgrace among men.” [Gen 30:23; Is 4:1]
In the days of Herod [the Great], king of Judea, there was a certain priest whose name was Zacharias, of the division of Abijah. His wife was a descendant of Aaron [the first high priest of Israel], and her name was Elizabeth.
The first account I made, Theophilus, was [a continuous report] about all the things that Jesus began to do and to teach [Luke 1:1-4]