⁶⁴ Immediately, Zechariah could speak again. He could speak easily. He began to thank God aloud.^[a]

⁶⁵ The people who lived near Zechariah and Elizabeth were very surprised. They saw how great God was. Many people who lived in the hills of Judea also talked about all these things. ⁶⁶ Everyone who heard about these things thought about them. They asked each other, ‘When this child becomes a man, what will he be?’ They could see that God really was with him.