And Zachariah said unto the angel, How shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well advanced in years.
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Greek Expositor
AD 1000
Now while these things were going on within the delay excited surprise among the multitudes who were waiting without, as it follows: And the people waited for Zacharias, an marveled that he tarried. And while various -suspicions were going about, each man repeating them as it pleased him, Zacharias coming forth told by his silence what he secretly endured. Hence it follows, And when he came out, he could not speak.