Discovery BoxLuke 1:18-20 
Context1:18 Zechariah 1 said to the angel, “How can I be sure of this? 2 For I am an old man, and my wife is old as well.” 3 1:19 The 4 angel answered him, “I am Gabriel, who stands 5 in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and to bring 6 you this good news. 1:20 And now, 7 because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time, 8 you will be silent, unable to speak, 9 until the day these things take place.”
1 tn Grk “And Zechariah.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
2 tn Grk “How will I know this?”
3 tn Grk “is advanced in days” (an idiom for old age).
4 tn Grk “And the.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
5 tn Grk “the one who is standing before God.”
6 tn Grk “to announce these things of good news to you.”
7 tn Grk “behold.”
8 sn The predicted fulfillment in the expression my words, which will be fulfilled in their time takes place in Luke 1:63-66.
9 sn Silent, unable to speak. Actually Zechariah was deaf and mute as 1:61-63 indicates, since others had to use gestures to communicate with him.
