Luke 1:8

While Zechariah was serving as a priest before God when his division was on duty,

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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,

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7But they had no children because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both advanced in their days.

9he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense.

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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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