17 And he will go on before him
    in the spirit and power of Elijah,
to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,
and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous,
    to prepare for the Lord a people made ready.”

18 And Zechariah said to the angel, “By what will I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years!”[a] 19 And the angel answered and[b] said to him, “I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and to announce to you this good news.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 1:18 Literally “in her days”
  2. Luke 1:19 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb