13 So the servants went and told
him all this:
14 But Zacharias replied to
them, I am a martyr for God, and
if ye shed my blood, the Lord will
receive my soul.
15 Besides know that ye shed
innocent blood.
16 However Zacharias was murdered
in the entrance of the temple
said altar, and about the partition;
17 But the children of Israel
knew not when he want killed.
18 Then at the hour of salutation
the priests went into the temple
but Zacharias did not according
to custom, meet them and bless them.
19 Yet they still continued
waiting for him to salute them;
20 And when they found he did
not in a long time come, one of
them ventured into the holy place
where the altar was, and he saw
blood lying upon the ground
congealed:
21 When, behold, a voice from
heaven said, Zacharias is murdered,
and his blood shall not be
wiped away, until the revenger
of his blood come.
22 But when he heard this, he
was afraid; and went forth and told
the priests what he had seen and
heard; and they all went in, and
saw the fact.