“Zacharias seems here to be designated High Priest, because into the second tabernacle went the High Priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself and the sins of the people. (Heb. 9:7.)”
Ambrose of Milan, 4th c. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
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9According to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.
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7And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.
8And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his course,
— Luke 1:9 —
10And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of incense.
11And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense.