(67)And Zacharias his father was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying, (68)Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel; for he hath visited and wrought redemption for his people; (69)and hath raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David: (70)as he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been from the beginning: (71)even preservation from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us; (72)to perform mercy towards our fathers, and to remember his own holy covenant: (73)the oath which he sware to Abraham our father, (74)to give us, that we, secure from fear, rescued from the hands of our enemies, should serve him, (75)in righteousness and holiness before him, all the days of our life. (76)And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Most High; for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways; (77)to give the knowledge of salvation to his people, by the remission of their sins, (78)through the bowels of mercy of our God; with which he hath visited us, as the dawn of the morning from on high, (79)to illumine those who sat in darkness, and in the shadow of death, to direct our feet into the way of peace. (80)And the child grew, and became mighty in spirit, and was in the deserts until the days of his public exhibition to Israel. CHAP. II. NOW it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that the whole land should be registered. (2)(And this first enrolment was made by Cyrenius, _afterwards_ governor of Syria) (3)And all went to be registered, every one to his own city. (4)Then Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; because he was of the house and family of David; (5)to be enregistered with Mary, the wife espoused to him, who was big with child. (6)And it came to pass, while they were there, that her time was up, that she should be delivered. (7)And she brought forth a son, her first-born, and wrapped him in swaddling-clothes, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.