Angels must have a sense of humor...

So the priest Zacharias and his bride had no children. It was his
turn to go into the Holy of Holies. He might come out alive and he
might not. It depended on whether he was pure of heart or not. It
was a tough job but someone had to do it. Anyway, while inside an
angel says his bride is going to have a baby and Zacharias can't
believe it. The angel makes him mute. That's not the funny part. He
could have been killed.

The funny part is when he comes out of the Holy of Holies and with
sign language tries to tell his old lady wife and the crowd out front
of the temple, that she is going to have a baby. Now that is funny!
Sorry about the "old lady wife" part. It just seemed to add to the
joke even though it is a bit insensitive. :)

Dr. Luke tells it like this... "The angel answered him, “I am Gabriel,
who stands in the presence of God. I was sent to speak to you, and to
bring you this good news. Behold, you will be silent and not able to
speak, until the day that these things will happen, because you didn’t
believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time.”

The people were waiting for Zacharias, and they marveled that he
delayed in the temple. When he came out, he could not speak to them,
and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple. He
continued making signs to them, and remained mute."

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