7. But they had no children, because Elizabeth was not able to have any. And they were both very old.
8. One day Zechariah's group was on duty. He was serving as a priest in God's temple.
9. He happened to be chosen, in the usual way, to go into the temple of the Lord. There he was supposed to burn incense.
10. The time came for this to be done. All who had gathered to worship were praying outside.
11. Then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah. The angel was standing at the right side of the incense altar.