“And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,”
His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied — the Spirit filling of Zechariah is the fourth Spirit filling in the chapter (Elizabeth at Mary's greeting, John at Mary's greeting, the conception of Jesus by the Spirit, now Zechariah). The prophesying that follows is the Benedictus — Zechariah's extended theological interpretation of the events he has lived through and the child he has just named.
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