And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his course, according to the custom of the priest's …

St. John Chrysostom: When Zacharias entered the temple to offer prayers to God for all people, interceding between God and man…

The suddenness of the appearance of the angel in the Holy Place accords with other supernatural events in Luke (cf. 2:9, 13). Only a heavenly being…

Zacharias was troubled — though God does not appear to his servants for the purpose of terrifying them, yet it is advantageous and even ne…

And when Zacharias saw him
The angel; he was troubled, and fear fell upon him; for such appearances of angels were n…

The father and mother of John the Baptist were sinners, as all are, and were justified and saved in the same way as others; but they were distingui…