Luke 1:13 (YLT)

Passage

and the messenger said unto him, `Fear not, Zacharias, for thy supplication was heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear a son to thee, and thou shalt call his name John,

Nearby Context

Luke 1:11 And there appeared to him a messenger of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of the perfume,

Luke 1:12 and Zacharias, having seen, was troubled, and fear fell on him;

Luke 1:13 and the messenger said unto him, `Fear not, Zacharias, for thy supplication was heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear a son to thee, and thou shalt call his name John,

Luke 1:14 and there shall be joy to thee, and gladness, and many at his birth shall joy,

Luke 1:15 for he shall be great before the Lord, and wine and strong drink he may not drink, and of the Holy Spirit he shall be full, even from his mother's womb;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "messenger", "said", "fear", "zacharias", "supplication", "heard", "wife", and "elisabeth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "messenger" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "and Zacharias having seen was troubled and..." into verse 14's "and there shall be joy to thee...", so "messenger" and "said" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "messenger" and "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.