<p><br>122:2.5 (1345.7) Fünf Monate lang verbarg Elisabeth ihr Geheimnis sogar vor ihrem Mann. Nachdem sie ihm die Geschichte von Gabriels Besuch eröffnet hatte, war Zacharias sehr skeptisch, und wochenlang bezweifelte er das ganze Erlebnis. Er begann erst halbherzig an Gabriels Besuch bei seiner Frau zu glauben, als er nicht länger in Frage stellen konnte, dass sie guter Hoffnung war. Zacharias war über die Maßen erstaunt über Elisabeths bevorstehende Mutterschaft, zweifelte aber trotz seines vorgerückten Alters nicht an der Unbescholtenheit seiner Frau. Erst etwa sechs Wochen vor der Geburt des Johannes gelangte Zacharias infolge eines beeindruckenden Traums zu der vollen Überzeugung, dass Elisabeth einen Sohn der Vorsehung gebären werde, einen, der dem kommenden Messias den Weg bereiten sollte.<br><br><br>122:2.5 (1345.7) For five months, however, Elizabeth withheld her secret even from her husband. Upon her disclosure of the story of Gabriel’s visit, Zacharias was very skeptical and for weeks doubted the entire experience, only consenting halfheartedly to believe in Gabriel’s visit to his wife when he could no longer question that she was expectant with child. Zacharias was very much perplexed regarding the prospective motherhood of Elizabeth, but he did not doubt the integrity of his wife, notwithstanding his own advanced age. It was not until about six weeks before John’s birth that Zacharias, as the result of an impressive dream, became fully convinced that Elizabeth was to become the mother of a son of destiny, one who was to prepare the way for the coming of the Messiah.<br><br><br>122:2.5 (1345.7) 그러나 다섯 달 동안 엘리자벳은 비밀을 남편에게도 감추었다. 가브리엘이 찾아왔다는 이야기를 털어놓자, 사가리아는 대단히 의심하였고, 몇 주 동안 그 체험 전체를 믿지 않았다. 그 여자가 잉태한 것을 더 의심할 수 없었을 때에야, 가브리엘이 자기 아내를 찾아온 것을 마지못해 믿을 뿐이었다. 사가리아는 엘리자벳이 장래에 어머니가 될 것인가 대단히 당황스러워 했지만, 자신이 나이가 지긋이 들었는데도 아내의 인격을 의심하지 않았다. 요한이 태어나기 6주 전쯤이 되어 인상 깊은 꿈을 꾼 결과로 엘리자벳이 운명의 아들, 즉 메시아가 오시는 것을 위하여 길을 예비할 자의 어머니가 되리라는 것을 사가리아는 완전히 확신하게 되었다.</p>
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