64. Then Zechariah could talk again. He began to praise God.
65. And all their neighbors became alarmed. In all the mountains of Judea people continued talking about all these things.
66. The people who heard about these things wondered about them. They thought, “What will this child be?” They said this because the Lord was with him.
67. Then Zechariah, John’s father, was filled with the Holy Spirit. He told the people what would happen:
68. “Let us thank the Lord, the God of Israel.God has come to help his people and has given them freedom.
69. God has given us a powerful Saviorfrom the family of God’s servant David.