[pinkpanther]

The couple is described as righteous in the sight of God. If God sees you as righteous, is there any way you can still be unrighteous? You are trying to say there is another way: if God already sees you as righteous, you can still be unrighteous, according to you.

Zechariah served as a priest, and both he and Elizabeth were righteous and upright before God. Zechariah replied in disbelief; he did not understand how he and his wife could have a child in their old age. As result, the angel made him mute.