<p>1:12 <i>Zacharias was disturbed when he saw him, and fear fell upon him</i>- The contrast is with Mary, who after her initial surprise, rejoiced that an Angel had come to answer her prayers for the Messianic child. His fear was related to a sense of sin that had not been dealt with; even though as noted on :6, God counted him righteous. This is comfort indeed; that we may feel guilty for sin, fear before God in a wrong sense, when in fact we are counted righteous by Him. We can take false guilt as opposed to the true guilt we at times need to feel.&nbsp;</p>