World English Bible
"Now it happened, while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his division,"
— Luke 1:8, World English Bible
“And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his course,”
“Now it came to pass, while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his course, ”
“Now while Zechariah was serving as priest before God when his division was on duty,”
“And it came to pass, when he executed the priestly function in the order of his course before God,”
“Now it came about that in his turn he was acting as priest before God,”
“And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his course,”
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.
But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both were well advanced in years.
Now it happened, while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his division,
according to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to enter into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.
The whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense.
An angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense.