Luke 1:12
When Zechariah saw the angel, he was startled and became terrified.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him.
In Context
11An angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing to the right of the altar of incense.
Cross References
Judges 13:22“We're definitely going to die,” he told his wife, “for we have seen God!”
Daniel 10:7I, Daniel, was the only one to see this vision —the others with me did not see the vision, but they suddenly felt very frightened and ran away to hide themselves.
Luke 1:29Mary was very puzzled at what he said, and wondered what this greeting meant.
Acts 10:4Frightened, Cornelius stared at him and asked, “What do you want, Lord?” “God has paid attention to your prayers, and recognized your generosity to the poor,” he told Cornelius.
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 →