Luke 1:12

and Zacharias, having seen, was troubled, and fear fell on him;

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

11And there appeared to him a messenger of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of the perfume,

13and the messenger said unto him, 'Fear not, Zacharias, for thy supplication was heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear a son to thee, and thou shalt call his name John,

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Cross References

Judges 13:22And Manoah saith unto his wife, 'We certainly die, for we have seen God.'

Daniel 10:7'And I have seen — I, Daniel, by myself — the appearance: and the men who have been with me have not seen the appearance, but a great trembling hath fallen on them, and they flee to be hidden;

Luke 1:29and she, having seen, was troubled at his word, and was reasoning of what kind this salutation may be.

Acts 10:4and he having looked earnestly on him, and becoming afraid, said, 'What is it, Lord?' And he said to him, 'Thy prayers and thy kind acts came 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 →

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