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. 20 And behold, you will be silent and not able to speak until the day these things take place, because[c] you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time.”

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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
  3. Luke 1:20 Literally “in return for which”