Luke 1:26

In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,

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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

25“The Lord has done this for me. In these days He has shown me favor and taken away my disgrace among the people.”

27to a virgin pledged in marriage to a man named Joseph, who was of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary.

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Cross References

Matthew 2:23and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene.”

Luke 2:4So Joseph also went up from Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, since he was from the house and line of David.

John 7:41Others declared, “This is the Christ.” But still others asked, “How can the Christ 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 →

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