Luke 1:6
They were both righteous before God, obeying all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.
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7But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both very old by this time.
Cross References
Genesis 6:9These were the events concerning Noah. Noah was a righteous man, and blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God.
Genesis 17:1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty. Walk before me, and be blameless.
2 Kings 20:3“Please, Yahweh, call to mind how I have faithfully walked before you with my whole heart, and how I have done what was good in your sight.” Then Hezekiah wept loudly.
Job 1:1There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and Job was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned from evil.
Job 9:2“I truly know that this is so. 1 But how can a person be in the right with God? 1
Luke 16:15He said to them, “You justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. That which is exalted among men is detestable in the sight of God.
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 →