<vn='1'><sn="1895">Forasmuch</s> as <sn="4183">many</s> have taken in <sn="2021">hand</s> to set forth in <sn="392">order</s> a <sn="1335">declaration</s><sn="4012">of</s> those <sn="4229">things</s> which are most surely <sn="4135">believed</s><sn="1722">among</s><sn="2254">us</s>, </v>
<vn='2'>Even <sn="2531">as</s> they <sn="3860">delivered</s> them unto <sn="2254">us</s>, which from the beginning <sn="1096 575 746">were</s><sn="845">eyewitnesses</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="5257">ministers</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3056">word</s>; </v>
<vn='3'>It seemed <sn="1380">good</s> to me <sn="2504">also</s>, having had <sn="199">perfect</s><sn="3877">understanding</s> of all <sn="3956">things</s> from the very <sn="509">first</s>, to <sn="1125">write</s> unto <sn="4671">thee</s> in <sn="2517">order</s>, most <sn="2903">excellent</s><sn="2321">Theophilus</s>, </v>
<vn='4'><sn="2443">That</s> thou mightest <sn="1921">know</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="803">certainty</s> of those <sn="3056">things</s>, <sn="4012 3739">wherein</s> thou hast been <sn="2727">instructed</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>There <sn="1096">was</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2250">days</s> of <sn="2264">Herod</s>, <sn="3588">the</s><sn="935">king</s> of <sn="2449">Judea</s>, a <sn="5100">certain</s><sn="2409">priest</s><sn="3686">named</s><sn="2197">Zacharias</s>, <sn="1537">of</s> the <sn="2183">course</s> of <sn="7">Abijah</s>: <sn="2532">and</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="1135">wife</s> was <sn="1537">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2364">daughters</s> of <sn="2">Aaron</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="846">her</s><sn="3686">name</s> was <sn="1665">Elisabeth</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="1161">And</s> they <sn="2258">were</s><sn="297">both</s><sn="1342">righteous</s><sn="1799">before</s><sn="2316">God</s>, <sn="4198">walking</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1785">commandments</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1345">ordinances</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="273">blameless</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="2532">And</s> they <sn="2258 846">had</s><sn="3756">no</s><sn="5043">child</s>, because <sn="2530">that</s><sn="1665">Elisabeth</s><sn="2258">was</s><sn="4723">barren</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> they <sn="297">both</s><sn="2258">were</s> now well <sn="4260">stricken</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="2250">years</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="1161">And</s> it came to <sn="1096">pass</s>, that while <sn="846">he</s> executed the priest's <sn="2407">office</s><sn="1725">before</s><sn="2316">God</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5010">order</s> of <sn="848">his</s><sn="2183">course</s>, </v>
<vn='9'><sn="2596">According</s> to <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1485">custom</s> of <sn="3588">the</s> priest's <sn="2405">office</s>, his lot <sn="2975">was</s> to burn <sn="2370">incense</s> when he <sn="1525">went</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3485">temple</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3956">whole</s><sn="4128">multitude</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2992">people</s><sn="2258">were</s><sn="4336">praying</s><sn="1854">without</s> at <sn="3588">the</s><sn="5610">time</s> of <sn="2368">incense</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="1161">And</s> there <sn="3700">appeared</s> unto <sn="846">him</s> an <sn="32">angel</s> of the <sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="2476">standing</s><sn="1537">on</s> the right <sn="1188">side</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2379">altar</s> of <sn="2368">incense</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="2532">And</s> when <sn="2197">Zacharias</s><sn="1492">saw</s> him, he was <sn="5015">troubled</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="5401">fear</s><sn="1968">fell</s><sn="1909">upon</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="32">angel</s><sn="2036">said</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="846">him</s>, <sn="5399">Fear</s><sn="3361">not</s>, <sn="2197">Zacharias</s>: <sn="1360">for</s><sn="4675">thy</s><sn="1162">prayer</s> is <sn="1522">heard</s>; <sn="2532">and</s><sn="4675">thy</s><sn="1135">wife</s><sn="1665">Elisabeth</s> shall <sn="1080">bear</s><sn="4671">thee</s> a <sn="5207">son</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> thou shalt <sn="2564">call</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="3686">name</s><sn="2491">John</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="1063">For</s> he shall <sn="2071">be</s><sn="3173">great</s> in the <sn="1799">sight</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> shall <sn="4095">drink</s><sn="3364">neither</s><sn="3631">wine</s><sn="2532">nor</s> strong <sn="4608">drink</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> he shall be <sn="4130">filled</s> with the <sn="40">Holy</s><sn="4151">Ghost</s>, <sn="2089">even</s><sn="1537">from</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="3384">mother</s> 's <sn="2836">womb</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="4183">many</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="5207">children</s> of <sn="2474">Israel</s> shall he <sn="1994">turn</s><sn="1909">to</s> the <sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="846">their</s><sn="2316">God</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="846">he</s> shall <sn="4281">go</s><sn="1799">before</s><sn="846">him</s> in the <sn="4151">spirit</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1411">power</s> of <sn="2243">Elijah</s>, to <sn="1994">turn</s> the <sn="2588">hearts</s> of the <sn="3962">fathers</s><sn="1909">to</s> the <sn="5043">children</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> the <sn="545">disobedient</s><sn="1722">to</s> the <sn="5428">wisdom</s> of the <sn="1342">just</s>; to make <sn="2090">ready</s> a <sn="2992">people</s><sn="2680">prepared</s> for the <sn="2962">Lord</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="2197">Zacharias</s><sn="2036">said</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="32">angel</s>, <sn="2596 5101">Whereby</s> shall I <sn="1097">know</s><sn="5124">this</s>? <sn="1063">for</s><sn="1473">I</s><sn="1510">am</s> an old <sn="4246">man</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="3450">my</s><sn="1135">wife</s> well <sn="4260">stricken</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="2250">years</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="32">angel</s><sn="611">answering</s><sn="2036">said</s> unto <sn="846">him</s>, <sn="1473">I</s><sn="1510">am</s><sn="1043">Gabriel</s>, that <sn="3936">stand</s> in the <sn="1799">presence</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> am <sn="649">sent</s> to <sn="2980">speak</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="4571">thee</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> to show thee these glad <sn="2097 4671 5023">tidings</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="2532">And</s>, <sn="2400">behold</s>, thou shalt <sn="2071">be</s><sn="4623">dumb</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3361">not</s><sn="1410">able</s> to <sn="2980">speak</s>, <sn="891">until</s><sn="*3739">the</s><sn="2250">day</s> that these <sn="5023">things</s> shall be <sn="1096">performed</s>, <sn="473">because</s><sn="*3739">thou</s><sn="4100">believest</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="3450">my</s><sn="3056">words</s>, <sn="3748">which</s> shall be <sn="4137">fulfilled</s><sn="1519">in</s><sn="848">their</s><sn="2540">season</s>. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2992">people</s> waited <sn="2258 4328">for</s><sn="2197">Zacharias</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2296">marveled</s> that <sn="846">he</s> tarried so <sn="5549">long</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3485">temple</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="1161">And</s> when he came <sn="1831">out</s>, he <sn="1410">could</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="2980">speak</s> unto <sn="846">them</s>: <sn="2532">and</s> they <sn="1921">perceived</s><sn="3754">that</s> he had <sn="3708">seen</s> a <sn="3701">vision</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3485">temple</s>: <sn="2532">for</s><sn="846">he</s><sn="2258 1269">beckoned</s> unto <sn="846">them</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1265">remained</s><sn="2974">speechless</s>. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="2532">And</s> it came to <sn="1096">pass</s>, that, as soon <sn="5613">as</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2250">days</s> of <sn="846">his</s><sn="3009">ministration</s> were <sn="4130">accomplished</s>, he <sn="565">departed</s><sn="1519">to</s> his <sn="848">own</s><sn="3624">house</s>. </v>
<vn='25'><sn="3779">Thus</s> hath <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="4160">dealt</s> with <sn="3427">me</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2250">days</s><sn="3739">wherein</s> he looked <sn="1896">on</s> me, to take <sn="851">away</s><sn="3450">my</s><sn="3681">reproach</s><sn="1722">among</s><sn="444">men</s>. </v>
<vn='26'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1623">sixth</s><sn="3376">month</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="32">angel</s><sn="1043">Gabriel</s> was <sn="649">sent</s><sn="5259">from</s><sn="2316">God</s><sn="1519">unto</s> a <sn="4172">city</s> of <sn="1056">Galilee</s>, <sn="3686">named</s><sn="3478">Nazareth</s>, </v>
<vn='27'><sn="4314">To</s> a <sn="3933">virgin</s><sn="3423">espoused</s> to a <sn="435">man</s><sn="3739">whose</s><sn="3686">name</s> was <sn="2501">Joseph</s>, <sn="1537">of</s> the <sn="3624">house</s> of <sn="1138">David</s>; <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3933">virgin</s> 's <sn="3686">name</s> was <sn="3137">Mary</s>. </v>
<vn='28'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="32">angel</s> came <sn="1525">in</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="846">her</s>, and <sn="2036">said</s>, <sn="5463">Hail</s>, thou that art highly <sn="5487">favored</s>, <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s> is <sn="3326">with</s><sn="4675">thee</s>: <sn="2127">blessed</s> art <sn="4771">thou</s><sn="1722">among</s><sn="1135">women</s>. </v>
<vn='29'><sn="1161">And</s> when <sn="3588">she</s><sn="1492">saw</s> him, she was <sn="1298">troubled</s><sn="1909">at</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="3056">saying</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> cast in her <sn="1260">mind</s> what <sn="4217">manner</s> of <sn="783">salutation</s><sn="3778">this</s> should <sn="1498">be</s>. </v>
<vn='32'><sn="3778">He</s> shall <sn="2071">be</s><sn="3173">great</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> shall be <sn="2564">called</s> the <sn="5207">Son</s> of the <sn="5310">Highest</s>: <sn="2532">and</s> the <sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="2316">God</s> shall <sn="1325">give</s> unto <sn="846">him</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2362">throne</s> of <sn="846">his</s><sn="3962">father</s><sn="1138">David</s>: </v>
<vn='33'><sn="2532">And</s> he shall <sn="936">reign</s><sn="1909">over</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3624">house</s> of <sn="2384">Jacob</s><sn="1519 165">forever</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> of <sn="846">his</s><sn="932">kingdom</s> there shall <sn="2071">be</s><sn="3756">no</s><sn="5056">end</s>. </v>
<vn='34'><sn="1161">Then</s><sn="2036">said</s><sn="3137">Mary</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="32">angel</s>, <sn="4459">How</s> shall <sn="5124">this</s><sn="2071">be</s>, <sn="1893">seeing</s> I <sn="1097">know</s><sn="3756">not</s> a <sn="435">man</s>? </v>
<vn='35'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="32">angel</s><sn="611">answered</s> and <sn="2036">said</s> unto <sn="846">her</s>, The <sn="40">Holy</s><sn="4151">Ghost</s> shall <sn="1904">come</s><sn="1909">upon</s><sn="4571">thee</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> the <sn="1411">power</s> of the <sn="5310">Highest</s> shall <sn="1982">overshadow</s><sn="4671">thee</s>: <sn="1352">therefore</s><sn="2532">also</s> that holy <sn="40">thing</s> which shall be <sn="1080">born</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="4675">thee</s> shall be <sn="2564">called</s> the <sn="5207">Son</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>. </v>
<vn='36'><sn="2532">And</s>, <sn="2400">behold</s>, <sn="4675">thy</s><sn="4773">cousin</s><sn="1665">Elisabeth</s>, <sn="846">she</s> hath <sn="2532">also</s><sn="4815">conceived</s> a <sn="5207">son</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="848">her</s> old <sn="1094">age</s>: <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3778">this</s><sn="2076">is</s> the <sn="1623">sixth</s><sn="3376">month</s> with <sn="846">her</s>, who was <sn="2564">called</s><sn="4723">barren</s>. </v>
<vn='37'><sn="3754">For</s><sn="3844">with</s><sn="2316">God</s><sn="3956 4487 3756">nothing</s> shall be <sn="101">impossible</s>. </v>
<vn='38'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="3137">Mary</s><sn="2036">said</s>, <sn="2400">Behold</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1399">handmaid</s> of the <sn="2962">Lord</s>; <sn="1096">be</s> it unto <sn="3427">me</s><sn="2596">according</s> to <sn="4675">thy</s><sn="4487">word</s>. <sn="2532">And</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="32">angel</s><sn="565">departed</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="846">her</s>. </v>
<vn='39'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="3137">Mary</s><sn="450">arose</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5025">those</s><sn="2250">days</s>, and <sn="4198">went</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="3588">the</s> hill <sn="3714">country</s><sn="3326">with</s><sn="4710">haste</s>, <sn="1519">into</s> a <sn="4172">city</s> of <sn="2448">Judah</s>; </v>
<vn='40'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="1525">entered</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3624">house</s> of <sn="2197">Zacharias</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="782">saluted</s><sn="1665">Elisabeth</s>. </v>
<vn='41'><sn="2532">And</s> it came to <sn="1096">pass</s>, that, <sn="5613">when</s><sn="1665">Elisabeth</s><sn="191">heard</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="783">salutation</s> of <sn="3137">Mary</s>, <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1025">babe</s><sn="4640">leaped</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="846">her</s><sn="2836">womb</s>; <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1665">Elisabeth</s> was <sn="4130">filled</s> with the <sn="40">Holy</s><sn="4151">Ghost</s>: </v>
<vn='42'><sn="2532">And</s> she spake <sn="400">out</s> with a <sn="3173">loud</s><sn="5456">voice</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2036">said</s>, <sn="2127">Blessed</s> art <sn="4771">thou</s><sn="1722">among</s><sn="1135">women</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2127">blessed</s> is <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2590">fruit</s> of <sn="4675">thy</s><sn="2836">womb</s>. </v>
<vn='43'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="4159">whence</s> is <sn="5124">this</s> to <sn="3427">me</s>, <sn="2443">that</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3384">mother</s> of <sn="3450">my</s><sn="2962">Lord</s> should <sn="2064">come</s><sn="4314">to</s><sn="3165">me</s>? </v>
<vn='44'><sn="1063">For</s>, <sn="2400">lo</s>, as soon <sn="5613">as</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5456">voice</s> of <sn="4675">thy</s><sn="783">salutation</s><sn="1096">sounded</s><sn="1519">in</s><sn="3450">mine</s><sn="3775">ears</s>, <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1025">babe</s><sn="4640">leaped</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3450">my</s><sn="2836">womb</s><sn="1722">for</s><sn="20">joy</s>. </v>
<vn='45'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3107">blessed</s> is she that <sn="4100">believed</s><sn="3754">for</s> there shall <sn="2071">be</s> a <sn="5050">performance</s> of those things which were <sn="2980">told</s><sn="846">her</s><sn="3844">from</s> the <sn="2962">Lord</s>. </v>
<vn='48'><sn="3754">For</s> he hath <sn="1914">regarded</s><sn="3588">the</s> low <sn="5014">estate</s> of <sn="848">his</s><sn="1399">handmaiden</s>: <sn="1063">for</s>, <sn="2400">behold</s>, <sn="575">from</s><sn="3568">henceforth</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="1074">generations</s> shall call me <sn="3106 3165">blessed</s>. </v>
<vn='49'><sn="3754">For</s> he that is <sn="1415">mighty</s> hath <sn="4160">done</s> to <sn="3427">me</s> great <sn="3167">things</s>; <sn="2532">and</s><sn="40">holy</s> is <sn="846">his</s><sn="3686">name</s>. </v>
<vn='50'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="1656">mercy</s> is on them that <sn="5399">fear</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="1519">from</s><sn="1074">generation</s> to <sn="1074">generation</s>. </v>
<vn='51'>He hath <sn="4160">showed</s><sn="2904">strength</s><sn="1722">with</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="1023">arm</s>; he hath <sn="1287">scattered</s> the <sn="5244">proud</s> in the <sn="1271">imagination</s> of <sn="846">their</s><sn="2588">hearts</s>. </v>
<vn='52'>He hath put <sn="2507">down</s> the <sn="1413">mighty</s><sn="575">from</s> their <sn="2362">seats</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="5312">exalted</s> them of low <sn="5011">degree</s>. </v>
<vn='53'>He hath <sn="1705">filled</s> the <sn="3983">hungry</s> with good <sn="18">things</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> the <sn="4147">rich</s> he hath sent empty <sn="1821 2756">away</s>. </v>
<vn='54'>He hath <sn="482">helped</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="3816">servant</s><sn="2474">Israel</s>, in <sn="3415">remembrance</s> of his <sn="1656">mercy</s>; </v>
<vn='55'><sn="2531">As</s> he <sn="2980">spake</s><sn="4314">to</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="3962">fathers</s>, to <sn="11">Abraham</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> to <sn="846">his</s><sn="4690">seed</s><sn="1519 165">forever</s>. </v>
<vn='56'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="3137">Mary</s><sn="3306">abode</s><sn="4862">with</s><sn="846">her</s><sn="5616">about</s><sn="5140">three</s><sn="3376">months</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="5290">returned</s><sn="1519">to</s> her <sn="848">own</s><sn="3624">house</s>. </v>
<vn='57'><sn="1161">Now</s><sn="1665">Elisabeth</s> 's full <sn="5550">time</s><sn="4130">came</s> that <sn="846">she</s> should be <sn="5088">delivered</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> she brought <sn="1080">forth</s> a <sn="5207">son</s>. </v>
<vn='58'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="848">her</s><sn="4040">neighbors</s><sn="2532">and</s> her <sn="4773">cousins</s><sn="191">heard</s><sn="3754">how</s> the <sn="2962">Lord</s> had showed great <sn="3170 848 1656">mercy</s><sn="3326">upon</s><sn="846">her</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> they rejoiced <sn="4796">with</s><sn="846">her</s>. </v>
<vn='59'><sn="2532">And</s> it came to <sn="1096">pass</s>, that <sn="1722">on</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3590">eighth</s><sn="2250">day</s> they <sn="2064">came</s> to <sn="4059">circumcise</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3813">child</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> they <sn="2564">called</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="2197">Zacharias</s>, <sn="1909">after</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3686">name</s> of <sn="846">his</s><sn="3962">father</s>. </v>
<vn='60'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="3384">mother</s><sn="611">answered</s> and <sn="2036">said</s>, <sn="3780">Not</s> so; <sn="235">but</s> he shall be <sn="2564">called</s><sn="2491">John</s>. </v>
<vn='61'><sn="2532">And</s> they <sn="2036">said</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="846">her</s>, There <sn="2076">is</s><sn="3762">none</s><sn="1722">of</s><sn="4675">thy</s><sn="4772">kindred</s><sn="3739">that</s> is <sn="2564">called</s> by <sn="5129">this</s><sn="3686">name</s>. </v>
<vn='62'><sn="2532">And</s> they made <sn="1770">signs</s> to <sn="846">his</s><sn="3962">father</s>, <sn="5101">how</s> he would <sn="2309 302">have</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="2564">called</s>. </v>
<vn='63'><sn="2532">And</s> he <sn="154">asked</s> for a writing <sn="4093">table</s>, and <sn="1125">wrote</s>, <sn="3004">saying</s>, <sn="846">His</s><sn="3686">name</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="2491">John</s>. <sn="2532">And</s> they <sn="2296">marveled</s><sn="3956">all</s>. </v>
<vn='64'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="4750">mouth</s> was <sn="455">opened</s><sn="3916">immediately</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="1100">tongue</s> loosed, <sn="2532">and</s> he <sn="2980">spake</s>, and <sn="2127">praised</s><sn="2316">God</s>. </v>
<vn='65'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="5401">fear</s><sn="1096">came</s><sn="1909">on</s><sn="3956">all</s> that dwelt round <sn="4039">about</s><sn="846">them</s>: <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="5023">these</s><sn="4487">sayings</s> were noised <sn="1255">abroad</s><sn="1722">throughout</s><sn="3650">all</s><sn="3588">the</s> hill <sn="3714">country</s> of <sn="2449">Judea</s>. </v>
<vn='66'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3956">all</s> they that <sn="191">heard</s> them laid them <sn="5087">up</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="848">their</s><sn="2588">hearts</s>, <sn="3004">saying</s>, What <sn="5101">manner</s><sn="*686">of</s><sn="3813">child</s> shall <sn="5124">this</s><sn="2071">be</s>! <sn="2532">And</s> the <sn="5495">hand</s> of the <sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="2258">was</s><sn="3326">with</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='67'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="3962">father</s><sn="2197">Zacharias</s> was <sn="4130">filled</s> with the <sn="40">Holy</s><sn="4151">Ghost</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="4395">prophesied</s>, <sn="3004">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='68'><sn="2128">Blessed</s> be the <sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="2316">God</s> of <sn="2474">Israel</s>; <sn="3754">for</s> he hath <sn="1980">visited</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="4160 3085">redeemed</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="2992">people</s>, </v>
<vn='69'><sn="2532">And</s> hath raised <sn="1453">up</s> a <sn="2768">horn</s> of <sn="4991">salvation</s> for <sn="2254">us</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3624">house</s> of <sn="848">his</s><sn="3816">servant</s><sn="1138">David</s>; </v>
<vn='70'><sn="2531">As</s> he <sn="2980">spake</s><sn="1223">by</s> the <sn="4750">mouth</s> of <sn="848">his</s><sn="40">holy</s><sn="4396">prophets</s>, <sn="3588">which</s> have been since the world <sn="575 165">began</s>: </v>
<vn='71'>That we should be <sn="4991">saved</s><sn="1537">from</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="2190">enemies</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1537">from</s> the <sn="5495">hand</s> of <sn="3956">all</s> that <sn="3404">hate</s><sn="2248">us</s>; </v>
<vn='72'>To <sn="4160">perform</s> the <sn="1656">mercy</s> promised <sn="3326">to</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="3962">fathers</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> to <sn="3415">remember</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="40">holy</s><sn="1242">covenant</s>; </v>
<vn='73'>The <sn="3727">oath</s><sn="3739">which</s> he <sn="3660">swore</s><sn="4314">to</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="3962">father</s><sn="11">Abraham</s>, </v>
<vn='74'>That he would <sn="1325">grant</s> unto <sn="2254">us</s>, that we being <sn="4506">delivered</s> out <sn="1537">of</s> the <sn="5495">hand</s> of <sn="2257">our</s><sn="2190">enemies</s> might <sn="3000">serve</s><sn="846">him</s> without <sn="870">fear</s>, </v>
<vn='75'><sn="1722">In</s><sn="3742">holiness</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1343">righteousness</s><sn="1799">before</s><sn="846">him</s>, <sn="3956">all</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2250">days</s> of <sn="2257">our</s><sn="2222">life</s>. </v>
<vn='76'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="4771">thou</s>, <sn="3813">child</s>, shalt be <sn="2564">called</s> the <sn="4396">prophet</s> of the <sn="5310">Highest</s>: <sn="1063">for</s> thou shalt <sn="4313">go</s><sn="4253">before</s> the <sn="4383">face</s> of the <sn="2962">Lord</s> to <sn="2090">prepare</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="3598">ways</s>; </v>
<vn='77'>To <sn="1325">give</s><sn="1108">knowledge</s> of <sn="4991">salvation</s> unto <sn="846">his</s><sn="2992">people</s><sn="1722">by</s> the <sn="859">remission</s> of <sn="846">their</s><sn="266">sins</s>, </v>
<vn='78'><sn="1223">Through</s> the tender <sn="4698 1656">mercy</s> of <sn="2257">our</s><sn="2316">God</s>; <sn="1722 3739">whereby</s> the <sn="395">dayspring</s><sn="1537">from</s> on <sn="5311">high</s> hath <sn="1980">visited</s><sn="2248">us</s>, </v>
<vn='79'>To give <sn="2014">light</s> to them that <sn="2521">sit</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="4655">darkness</s><sn="2532">and</s> in the <sn="4639">shadow</s> of <sn="2288">death</s>, to <sn="2720">guide</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="4228">feet</s><sn="1519">into</s> the <sn="3598">way</s> of <sn="1515">peace</s>. </v>
<vn='80'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3813">child</s><sn="837">grew</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> waxed <sn="2901">strong</s> in <sn="4151">spirit</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2258">was</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2048">deserts</s><sn="2193">till</s> the <sn="2250">day</s> of <sn="846">his</s><sn="323">showing</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="2474">Israel</s>. </v>