Luke 1:12
And Zechariah was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him.
ASV Byzantine Text
In The King James Version
And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him.
In Context
11And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
Cross References
Judges 13:22And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
Daniel 10:7And I, Daniel, alone saw the vision; for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, and they fled to hide themselves.
Luke 1:29And when she saw him, she was greatly troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this might be.
Acts 10:4And he, fastening his eyes upon him, and being affrighted, said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are gone up for a memorial before God.
Matthew Henry on Luke 1:6-26
The Appearance of an Angel to Zacharias; The Birth of John Foretold; The Unbelief of Zacharias. 5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judæa, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. 6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. 7 And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years. 8 And it came to… Read the whole commentary →