41:016:020 And they went forth, and preached every
where, the Lord
working
with them, and confirming the word with signs
following.
Amen.
Book 42 Luke
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.
42:001:017 And he shall go before him in the spirit
and power of Elias,
to
turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and
the
disobedient
to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people
prepared
for the Lord.
42:001:018 And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby
shall I know this?
for
I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.


