21. The people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering about his long delay in the Holy Place.
22. But when he came out, he couldn’t speak to them. Then they realized that he had seen a vision in the Holy Place. He was making signs to them but remained mute.
23. When the days of his priestly service had been completed, he went home.
24. After these days, his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and hid herself for five months, saying,
25. “Adonai has done this for me! In these days He looked upon me, to take away my disgrace among the people.”
26. Then in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent by Adonai into a town in the Galilee named Natzeret
27. and to a virgin engaged to a man named Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Miriam.