Luke 1:26
Six months later the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee, called Nazareth,
Montgomery New Testament
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"This has the Lord done for me. He has now deigned to take the away my reproach among men."
27to a maiden betrothed to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. Her name was Mary.
Cross References
Matthew 2:23in fulfillment of the word spoken through the Prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
Luke 2:4And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city if Nazareth, into Judea, to David’s town of Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David.
John 7:41Other said, "He is the Christ." But others were saying. "Surely the Christ is not to come out of Galilee, is he?
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 →