Luke 1:8

And it came to pass, as he fulfilled his priestly service before God in the order of his course,

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his course,

In Context

7And they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both advanced in years.

9it fell to him by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter into the temple of the Lord to burn incense.

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Cross References

Exodus 28:41And thou shalt clothe with them Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and hallow them, that they may serve me as priests.

Exodus 29:9And thou shalt gird them with the girdle Aaron and his sons, and bind the high caps on them; and the priesthood shall be theirs for an everlasting statute; and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.

Exodus 30:30And Aaron and his sons thou shalt anoint, and shalt hallow them, that they may serve me as priests.

1 Chronicles 24:2And Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children; and Eleazar and Ithamar exercised the priesthood.

2 Chronicles 8:14And he appointed, according to the ordinance of David his father, the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites for their charges, to praise and serve before the priests, as the duty of every day required; and the doorkeepers by their divisions at every gate: for such was the commandment of David the man of God;

2 Chronicles 31:2And Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests, and the Levites after their divisions, every man according to his service, as well the priests as the Levites, for burnt-offerings and for peace-offerings, to serve and to give thanks and to praise in the gates of the courts of Jehovah.

Matthew Henry on Luke 1:6-26

The Appearance of an Angel to Zacharias; The Birth of John Foretold; The Unbelief of Zacharias. 5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judæa, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. 6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. 7 And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years. 8 And it came to… Read the whole commentary →

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