Luke 1:26

Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,

Weymouth NT (1912)

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"Thus has the Lord dealt with me," she said, "now that He has graciously taken away my reproach among men."

27to a maiden betrothed to a man of the name of Joseph, a descendant of David. The maiden's name was Mary.

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Cross References

Matthew 2:23and went and settled in a town called Nazareth, in order that these words spoken through the Prophets might be fulfilled, "He shall be called a Nazarene."

Luke 2:4So Joseph went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judaea, to David's town of Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David,

John 7:41Others said, "He is the Christ." But others again, "Not so, for is the Christ to 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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