Luke 1:5

In the days of Herod, (the) king of Judea, there was a priest, Zacharias by name (or called Zechariah), of the sort of Abia, and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

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In The King James Version

There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

In Context

4(so) that thou know the truth of those words, of which thou art learned.] + 1:4 These four prefatory verses are only found in two copies of the “Early Version”.

6And both were just before God (or And both were good and righteous before God), going in all the commandments and justifyings of the Lord, without (com)plaint.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 24:19These were the whiles, or times, of them by their services, that they enter into the house of God, and by their custom under the hand of Aaron, their father, as the Lord God of Israel commanded.

Nehemiah 12:17(of) Abiah, Zichri; (of) Miniamin, ( + 12:17 A name is missing here in both the Hebrew and the Greek texts of the Ta’na’kh (or Tanach, which are the Hebrew Scriptures or the Old Testament).); and (of) Moadiah, Piltai;

Matthew Henry on Luke 1:2-5

Luke We are now entering into the labours of another evangelist; his name Luke, which some take to be a contraction of Lucilius; born at Antioch, so St. Jerome. Some think that he was the only one of all the penmen of the scripture that was not of the seed of Israel. He was a Jewish proselyte, and, as some conjecture, converted to Christianity by the ministry of St. Paul at Antioch; and after his coming into Macedonia ( Acts xvi. 10 ) he was his constant companion. He had employed himself in the study and practice… Read the whole commentary →

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