Luke 1:26
Six months later the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,
Open English Bible (US)
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
27to a maiden there who was engaged to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. Her name was Mary.
Cross References
Matthew 2:23There he settled in the town of Nazareth, in fulfillment of these words in the prophets – ‘He will be called a Nazarene.’
Luke 2:4Among others Joseph went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Bethlehem, the town of David, in Judea – because he belonged to the family and house of David –
John 7:41others said, “the Christ!”; but some asked, “What! Does 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 →