Luke 1:26
In the sixth month of her pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to a young girl called Mary who lived in the town of Nazareth in Galilee.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
In Context
27She was engaged to a man named Joseph.
Cross References
Matthew 2:23and settled down in Nazareth. This fulfilled what the prophets had said, “He will be called a Nazarene.”
Luke 2:4Joseph was descended from King David, so he left Nazareth in Galilee to go to Bethlehem, the city of David, in Judea.
John 7:41Others said, “He is the Messiah!” Still others said, “How can the Messiah come from Galilee?
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 →