Luke takes it upon himself to let the truthful accounts of Jesus to be passed on. He is passing his knowledge and his investigations down to Theophilus (name or honorary title addressed to the friends of God meaning ME and YOU). This is his mission.
There was a priest name Zechariah. He and his wife were followers of God. The two had no children. One day when Zechariah was chosen to burn incense for the alter in a temple, he was met by Gabriel, an angel from God. From verse 13, we know that Zechariah has been long praying for a son and on that day, received one by the grace of God. This child will be filled with the Holy Spirit at birth and will lead many people of Israel back to the Lord. God's promise is apparent in this passage as Zechariah is given a miracle.
Verse 22 is another act of God. Zechariah is unable to speak of the angel that he has just seen. Just as Jesus did not want the ones he has healed to boast of His miracles. I think because Christianity is strongly pillared on the basis of faith, God did not want His people to believe in Him because of the things that He can do, but for the things that He will do if we believed.
Amen.
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