⁶ Then the woman went to her husband and told him, “A man of God^(A) came to me. He looked like an angel of God,^(B) very awesome.^(C) I didn’t ask him where he came from, and he didn’t tell me his name.

⁸ Then Manoah^(A) prayed to the Lord: “Pardon your servant, Lord. I beg you to let the man of God^(B) you sent to us come again to teach us how to bring up the boy who is to be born.”

¹² When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, “The Lord is with you,^(A) mighty warrior.^(B)”

¹⁰ I said to you, ‘I am the Lord your God; do not worship^(A) the gods of the Amorites,^(B) in whose land you live.’ But you have not listened to me.”

¹³ But the angel said to him: “Do not be afraid,^(A) Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John.^(B)