Luke 1:5

There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zachary, of the course of Abia; and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elizabeth.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

In Context

4That thou mayest know the verity of those words in which thou hast been instructed.

6And they were both just before God, walking in all the commandments and justifications of the Lord without blame.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 24:19These are their courses according to their ministries, to come into the house of the Lord, and according to their manner under the hand of Aaron their father: as the Lord the God of Israel had commanded.

Nehemiah 12:17Of Abia, Zechri: of Miamin and Moadia, Phelti:

Matthew Henry on Luke 1:2-5

Luke We are now entering into the labours of another evangelist; his name Luke, which some take to be a contraction of Lucilius; born at Antioch, so St. Jerome. Some think that he was the only one of all the penmen of the scripture that was not of the seed of Israel. He was a Jewish proselyte, and, as some conjecture, converted to Christianity by the ministry of St. Paul at Antioch; and after his coming into Macedonia ( Acts xvi. 10 ) he was his constant companion. He had employed himself in the study and practice… Read the whole commentary →

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