Luke 1:11

And an angel of the Lord appeared to him, and stood on the right half of the altar of incense (or and stood on the right side of the altar of incense).

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense.

In Context

10And all the multitude of the people was withoutforth, and prayed in the hour of incensing. (And a great multitude of people were outside, and prayed during the hour of incense.)

12And Zacharias seeing (him) was (made) afraid [or was distroubled], and dread fell upon him. (And when Zechariah saw him he was afraid, and fear fell upon him.)

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Cross References

Exodus 37:25He made also the altar of incense, of the wood of shittim, having a cubit by square, that is, on each side one cubit, and two cubits in height, of whose corners came forth horns. (And he made the altar of incense out of shittim wood, or acacia, one cubit square, that is, one cubit on each side, and two cubits in height, out of whose corners the horns came forth.)

Leviticus 16:13that when sweet smelling spiceries be put on the fire, the cloud and vapour of those cover God’s answering place, that is, the propitiatory, which is on the witnessing, that is, on the ark with the tables of (the) law, and he die not. (so that when the sweet smelling spices be put on the fire, their cloud and vapour cover the propitiatory, that is, the mercy seat, or the lid, which is on the Ark of the Witnessing, that is, the Box containing the tablets of the Law, and so he shall not die.)

Judges 13:9And the Lord heard Manoah praying; and the angel of the Lord appeared again to his wife sitting in the field; forsooth Manoah, her husband, was not with her.

Luke 1:28And the angel entered to her, and said, Hail, full of grace; the Lord is with thee; blessed be thou among women.

Acts 5:19But the angel of the Lord opened by night the gates of the prison, and led them out, and said, [Forsooth the angel of the Lord by night opened the gates of the prison, and leading them out, said,]

Hebrews 1:14Whether they all be not serving spirits, sent to serve for them that take the heritage of health? (Be they not all spirits that serve, yea, sent to serve those who receive the inheritance of salvation?)

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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