AfterthesedaysElizabethhis wifebecame pregnant,and she keptherselfin seclusionfor fivemonths,saying,
So Sarahconceivedand borea sonto Abrahamin his oldage,at the appointedtimeof whichGodhad spokento him.
The womanconceivedand borea sonat that seasonthe nextyear,as Elishahad saidto her.
Whenthe daysof his priestly servicewere ended,he went backhome.
"This is the waythe Lordhas dealtwith me in the dayswhenHe looked[with favor] upon [me], to take awaymy disgraceamongmen."
In the daysof Herod,kingof Judea,there was a priestnamedZacharias,of the divisionof Abijah;and he had a wifefrom the daughtersof Aaron,and her namewas Elizabeth.
The firstaccountI composed,Theophilus,aboutallthat Jesusbeganto doand teach,