And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell on him.
And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell on him.
And Zacharias was troubled when he saw him , and fear fell upon him.
And Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear came on him.
And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him.
Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him.
And Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him.
Zacharias - was troubled - Or, confounded at his sudden and unexpected appearance; and fear fell upon him, lest this heavenly messenger were come to denounce the judgments of God against a faithless and disobedient people, who had too long and too well merited them.
He was troubled - He was alone, in the presence of God. The appearance of the angel was sudden, unexpected, and therefore fearful.
1:12 Zacharias was troubled - Although he was accustomed to converse with God, yet we see he was thrown into a great consternation, at the appearance of his angelical messenger, nature not being able to sustain the sight. Is it not then an instance of the goodness is well as of the wisdom of God, that the services, which these heavenly spirits render us, are generally invisible?