Luke 1:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And the people were waiting for Zacharias and were surprised because he was in the Temple for such a long time.

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  • Num 6:23-27 : 23 Say to Aaron and his sons, These are the words of blessing which are to be used by you in blessing the children of Israel; say to them, 24 May the Lord send his blessing on you and keep you: 25 May the light of the Lord's face be shining on you in grace: 26 May the Lord's approval be resting on you and may he give you peace. 27 So they will put my name on the children of Israel, and I will give them my blessing.

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    22And when he came out he was not able to say anything, and they saw that he had seen a vision in the Temple; and he was making signs to them without words.

    23And when the days of his work in the Temple were ended, he went back to his house.

    24After that time, Elisabeth, being certain that she was to become a mother, kept herself from men's eyes for five months, saying,

    25The Lord has done this to me, for his eyes were on me, to take away my shame in the eyes of men.

  • Luke 1:18-20
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    18And Zacharias said to the angel, How may I be certain of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is far on in years.

    19And the angel, answering, said, I am Gabriel, whose place is before God; I have been sent to say these words to you and to give you this good news.

    20Now, see, you will be without voice or language till the day when these things come about, because you had not faith in my words, which will have effect at the right time.

  • Luke 1:10-13
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    10And all the people were offering prayers outside, at the time of the burning of perfumes.

    11And he saw an angel of the Lord in his place on the right side of the altar.

    12And Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear came on him.

    13But the angel said, Have no fear, Zacharias, for your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your wife Elisabeth will have a son, and his name will be John.

  • Luke 1:62-67
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    62And they made signs to his father, to say what name was to be given to him.

    63And he sent for writing materials and put down: His name is John; and they were all surprised.

    64And straight away his mouth was open and his tongue was free and he gave praise to God.

    65And fear came on all those who were living round about them: and there was much talk about all these things in all the hill-country of Judaea.

    66And all who had word of them kept them in their minds and said, What will this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him.

    67And his father, Zacharias, was full of the Holy Spirit, and with the voice of a prophet said these words:

  • Luke 2:33
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    33And his father and mother were full of wonder at the things which were said about him.

  • Luke 1:7-8
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    7And they were without children, because Elisabeth had never given birth, and they were at that time very old.

    8Now it came about that in his turn he was acting as priest before God,

  • Luke 1:39-41
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    39Then Mary got up and went quickly into the high lands, to a town of Judah;

    40And went into the house of Zacharias and took Elisabeth in her arms.

    41And when the voice of Mary came to the ears of Elisabeth, the baby made a sudden move inside her; then Elisabeth was full of the Holy Spirit,

  • Ps 48:5
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    5They saw it, and so were full of wonder; they were troubled, and went quickly away in fear.

  • Luke 1:59
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    59And on the eighth day they came to see to the circumcision of the child, and they would have given him the name of Zacharias, his father's name;

  • Job 32:15-16
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    15Fear has overcome them, they have no more answers to give; they have come to an end of words.

    16And am I to go on waiting while they have nothing to say? while they keep quiet and give no more answers?

  • Luke 1:5
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    5In the days of Herod, king of Judaea, there was a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the order of Abijah; and he had a wife of the family of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

  • Luke 3:15
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    15And while the people were waiting, and all men were questioning in their hearts about John, if he was the Christ or not,

  • Acts 3:10-11
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    10And they saw that it was the man who made requests for money at the door of the Temple, and they were full of wonder and surprise at what had taken place.

    11And while he kept his hands on Peter and John, all the people came running together to the covered way which is named Solomon's, full of wonder.

  • Acts 2:7
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    7And they were full of wonder and said, Are not all these men Galilaeans?

  • Luke 2:18
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    18And all those to whose ears it came were full of wonder at the things said by the keepers of the sheep.

  • Acts 14:28
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    28And they were with the disciples there for a long time.

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    43And when the days of the feast came to an end and they were going back, the boy Jesus was still in Jerusalem, but they had no knowledge of it:

  • Luke 21:38
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    38And all the people came early in the morning to give ear to his words in the Temple.

  • Luke 8:40
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    40And when Jesus went back, the people were glad to see him, for they were all waiting for him.

  • Luke 19:48
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    48But they were not able to do anything, because the people all kept near him, being greatly interested in his words.

  • Luke 1:36
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    36Even now Elisabeth, who is of your family, is to be a mother, though she is old: and this is the sixth month with her who was without children.

  • Luke 20:26
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    26And they were not able to get anything from these words before the people: but they were full of wonder at his answer, and said nothing.

  • Luke 2:46-47
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    46And after three days they came across him in the Temple, seated among the wise men, giving ear to their words and putting questions to them.

    47And all to whose ears it came were full of wonder at his knowledge and the answers which he gave.

  • Luke 1:56-57
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    56And Mary was with her for about three months and then went back to her house.

    57Now it was time for Elisabeth to give birth, and she had a son.

  • Hab 2:3
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    3For the vision is still for the fixed time, and it is moving quickly to the end, and it will not be false: even if it is slow in coming, go on waiting for it; because it will certainly come, it will not be kept back.

  • Acts 2:12
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    12And they were all surprised and in doubt saying to one another, What is the reason of this?

  • Matt 21:20
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    20And when the disciples saw it they were surprised, saying, How did the fig-tree become dry in so short a time?

  • Luke 1:44-45
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    44For, truly, when the sound of your voice came to my ears, the baby in my body made a sudden move for joy.

    45Happy will she be who had faith that the things which the Lord has said to her will be done.

  • Gen 24:21
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    21And the man, looking at her, said nothing, waiting to see if the Lord had given his journey a good outcome.