Luke 1:12

And, seeing the malach, Zecharyah was terrified, and pachad (fear) fell on him. + 1:12 Judg 6:22,23; 13:22

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him.

In Context

11And there appeared to Zecharyah a malach Hashem, standing on the right side of the Mizbeach of ketoret. + 1:11 Ex 30:1-10

13But the malach said to him, Do not have pachad (fear), Zecharyah. Your tefillah (prayer) was heard and your isha, Elisheva, will bear a ben to you and you will call his shem Yochanan.

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Cross References

Judges 13:22And Manoach said unto his isha, We shall surely die, because we have seen Elohim.

Daniel 10:7And I Daniel alone saw the vision, for the anashim that were with me saw not the vision; but a charadah gedolah (great terror) fell upon them, and they fled, for they hid themselves.

Luke 1:29But she was greatly perplexed at the message, and kept pondering what sort of Shalom greeting this might be.

Acts 10:4And having looked intently at him and having become afraid, Cornelius said, What is it, Adon? The malach said to him, Your tefillos and your giving tzedakah have ascended as a zikaron (memorial) before Hashem. + 10:4 Ps 20:3

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 →

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