Luke 1:5-12

5During the reign of Herod king of Judea, there lived a priest named Zechariah who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and he had a wife named Elizabeth, who was a descendant of Aaron.

6They were both righteous in the sight of God, following all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blamelessly.

7But they did not have a child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both very old.

8Now while Zechariah was serving as priest before God when his division was on duty,

9he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the holy place of the Lord and burn incense.

10Now the whole crowd of people were praying outside at the hour of the incense offering.

11An angel of the Lord, standing on the right side of the altar of incense, appeared to him.

12And Zechariah, visibly shaken when he saw the angel, was seized with fear.