Luke 1:8

But it was while he was acting-as-priest in the order of his ministry before Aloha,

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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,

In Context

7But they had no son because Elishaba was barren, and both had become many in their days.

9according to the custom of the priesthood he came to set on incense, and entered into the temple of the Lord.

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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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