and in course of time his wife Elizabeth conceived, and kept herself secluded five months.
When his days of service were at an end, he went to his home;
»Thus has the Lord dealt with me,« she said, »now that He has graciously taken away my reproach among men.«
There was in the time of Herod, the king of Judaea, a priest of the name of Zechariah, belonging to the class of Abijah. He had a wife who was a descendant of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
My former narrative, Theophilus, dealt with all that Jesus did and taught as a beginning, down to the day on which,