Hope preternaturally revived. ἐν τῷ ἱερατεύειν : Zechariah was serving his week in due course, and it fell to his lot on a certain day to perform the very special service of burning incense in the holy place. A great occasion in a priest's life, as it might never come to him but once (priests said to be as many as 20,000 in our Lord's time). “The most memorable day in the life of Zechariah” (Farrar, C. G. T.).

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