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EBOOK, the Bible, king James, book
42 ***
This eBook was produced by David Widger [widger@cecomet.net]
with the help of Derek Andrew’s text from January
1992 and the work of Bryan Taylor in November 2002.
42:001:001 Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to
set forth in order a
declaration
of those things which are most surely believed
among
us,
42:001:002 Even as they delivered them unto us, which
from the beginning
were
eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
42:001:003 It seemed good to me also, having had perfect
understanding of
all
things from the very first, to write unto thee in order,
most
excellent Theophilus,
42:001:004 That thou mightest know the certainty of
those things, wherein
thou
hast been instructed.
42:001:005 There was in the days of Herod, the
king of Judaea, a certain
priest
named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his
wife
was
of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
42:001:006 And they were both righteous before God,
walking in all the
commandments
and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
42:001:007 And they had no child, because that Elisabeth
was barren, and
they
both were now well stricken in years.
42:001:008 And it came to pass, that while he executed
the priest’s
office
before God in the order of his course,
42:001:009 According to the custom of the priest’s
office, his lot was to
burn
incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.
42:001:010 And the whole multitude of the people were
praying without at
the
time of incense.
42:001:011 And there appeared unto him an angel of
the Lord standing on
the
right side of the altar of incense.
42:001:012 And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled,
and fear fell
upon
him.
42:001:013 But the angel said unto him, Fear not,
Zacharias: for thy
prayer
is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a
son,
and
thou shalt call his name John.
42:001:014 And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and
many shall rejoice
at
his birth.
42:001:015 For he shall be great in the sight of the
Lord, and shall
drink
neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled
with
the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.
42:001:016 And many of the children of Israel shall
he turn to the Lord
their
God.
