Luke 1:13

1:13 But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, ¹  and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son; you ²  will name him John. ³ 

Luke 1:20

1:20 And now, ⁴  because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time, ⁵  you will be silent, unable to speak, ⁶  until the day these things take place.”

Luke 1:36

1:36 “And look, ⁷  your relative ⁸  Elizabeth has also become pregnant with ⁹  a son in her old age – although she was called barren, she is now in her sixth month! ¹⁰ 

¹ tn The passive means that the prayer was heard by God.

² tn Grk “a son, and you”; καί (kai) has not been translated. Instead a semicolon is used in the translation for stylistic reasons.

³ tn Grk “you will call his name John.” The future tense here functions like a command (see ExSyn 569-70). This same construction occurs in v. 31.

⁴ tn Grk “behold.”

⁵ sn The predicted fulfillment in the expression my words, which will be fulfilled in their time takes place in Luke 1:63-66.

⁶ sn Silent, unable to speak. Actually Zechariah was deaf and mute as 1:61-63 indicates, since others had to use gestures to communicate with him.

⁷ tn Grk “behold.”

⁸ tn Some translations render the word συγγενίς (sungeni") as “cousin” (so Phillips) but the term is not necessarily this specific.

⁹ tn Or “has conceived.”

¹⁰ tn Grk “and this is the sixth month for her who was called barren.” Yet another note on Elizabeth’s loss of reproach also becomes a sign of the truth of the angel’s declaration.