Luke 1:26

And in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent by God into Galilee, to a city named Nazareth,

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

25These things hath the Lord done for me, in the days when he looked upon me to take away my reproach among men.

27to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.

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Cross References

Matthew 2:23And he came and dwelt in a city that is called Nazareth: that so might be fulfilled that which was said by the prophet, that he should be called a Nazarene.

Luke 2:4And Joseph also went up from Nazareth of Galilee to Judaea, to the city of David which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David,

John 7:41Others said: He is the Messiah. Others said: Doth Messiah 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 →

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