Luke 1:5

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Chr 24:10 : 10 the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
  • Matt 2:1 : 1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, Wise-men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,
  • 1 Chr 24:19 : 19 This was the ordering of them in their service, to come into the house of Jehovah according to the ordinance [given] unto them by Aaron their father, as Jehovah, the God of Israel, had commanded him.
  • Neh 12:4 : 4 Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah,
  • Neh 12:17 : 17 of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;

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  • Luke 1:6-9
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    6And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

    7And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were [now] well stricken in years.

    8Now it came to pass, while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his course,

    9according to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to enter into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.

  • Luke 1:23-27
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    23And it came to pass, when the days of his ministration were fulfilled, he departed unto his house.

    24And after these days Elisabeth his wife conceived; and she hid herself five months, saying,

    25Thus hath the Lord done unto me in the days wherein he looked upon [me], to take away my reproach among men.

    26Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,

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

  • Luke 1:11-15
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    11And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of altar of incense.

    12And Zacharias was troubled when he saw [him], and fear fell upon him.

    13But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: because thy supplication is heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.

    14And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.

    15For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

  • Luke 1:17-19
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    17And he shall go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient [to walk] in the wisdom of the just; to make ready for the Lord a people prepared [for him] .

    18And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.

    19And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and I was sent to speak unto thee, and to bring thee these good tidings.

  • Luke 1:56-61
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    56And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned unto her house.

    57Now Elisabeth's time was fulfilled that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.

    58And her neighbors and her kinsfolk heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her; and they rejoiced with her.

    59And it came to pass on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of the father.

    60And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.

    61And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.

  • Luke 1:39-42
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    39And Mary arose in these days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah;

    40and entered into the house of Zacharias and saluted Elisabeth.

    41And it came to pass, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit;

    42and she lifted up her voice with a loud cry, and said, Blessed [art] thou among women, and blessed [is] the fruit of thy womb.

  • Luke 1:36
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    36And behold, Elisabeth thy kinswoman, she also hath conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her that was called barren.

  • Luke 1:66-67
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    66And all that heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, What then shall this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him.

    67And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,

  • Luke 3:1-2
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    1Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

    2in the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.

  • Matt 1:13-16
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    13and Zerubbabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor;

    14and Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud;

    15and Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob;

    16and Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

  • Luke 1:4
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    4that thou mightest know the certainty concerning the things wherein thou wast instructed.

  • 1 Sam 1:1
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    1Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite:

  • Luke 1:75-76
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    75In holiness and righteousness before him all our days.

    76Yea and thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Most High: For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to make ready his ways;

  • Matt 1:18
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    18Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found with child of the Holy Spirit.

  • Luke 1:44-45
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    44For behold, when the voice of thy salutation came into mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.

    45And blessed [is] she that believed; for there shall be a fulfilment of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord.

  • Luke 1:31-32
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    31And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.

    32He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:

  • Zech 1:1
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    1In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of Jehovah unto Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying,

  • Luke 3:29
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    29the [son] of Jesus, the [son] of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the [son] of Matthat, the [son] of Levi,

  • Luke 1:21
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    21And the people were waiting for Zacharias, and they marvelled while he tarried in the temple.

  • Luke 2:4-5
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    4And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David;

    5to enrol himself with Mary, who was betrothed to him, being great with child.