Bible verse
When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and gripped with fear.
Luke 1:12 · BSB
The verses around it, from Luke 1.
8 One day while Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,
9 he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense.
10 And at the hour of the incense offering, the whole congregation was praying outside.
11 Just then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.
12 When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and gripped with fear.
13 But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.
14 He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,
15 for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He shall never take wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb.
16 Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God.
KJV
And when Zacharias saw [him], he was troubled, and fear fell upon him.
ASV
And Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him.
ERV
And Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him.
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