Lk 1:1-25

• v2: hear from the eyewitnesses (servants of the word);
  
• v3: investigate carefully himself; report throughly
  
• v6: upright in the sight of God
• Zechariah
• Elizabeth
• v9: lot
• v7: Elizabeth was barren and elder, but later gave birth to John the Baptist; likewise:
  
• Hanna to Samuel;
• Sarah to Isaac;
• v15: filled with the Holy Spirit even from birth (or from his mother's womb)
• v17: in the spirit and power of Elijah
• turn the hearts of the fathers to their children
• disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous
• make ready a people prepared for the Lord
• v19: the angle before Zechariah was Gabriel;
• v20: Zechariah be silenced due to his un-believe, until the news came true;
• v25: take away the disgrace (of not having children) among the people