Luke 1:5

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the course of Abijah, and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elisabeth;

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Chr 24:10 : 10 for Hakkoz the seventh, for Abijah the eighth,
  • Matt 2:1 : 1 And Jesus having been born in Beth-Lehem of Judea, in the days of Herod the king, lo, mages from the east came to Jerusalem,
  • 1 Chr 24:19 : 19 These `are' their appointments for their service, to come in to the house of Jehovah, according to their ordinance by the hand of Aaron their father, as Jehovah God of Israel, commanded them.
  • 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, going on in all the commands and righteousnesses of the Lord blameless,

    7and they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and both were advanced in their days.

    8And it came to pass, in his acting as priest, in the order of his course before God,

    9according to the custom of the priesthood, his lot was to make perfume, having gone into the sanctuary of the Lord,

  • Luke 1:23-27
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    23And it came to pass, when the days of his service were fulfilled, he went away to his house,

    24and after those days, his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying --

    25`Thus hath the Lord done to me, in days in which He looked upon `me', to take away my reproach among men.'

    26And in the sixth month was the messenger Gabriel sent by God, to a city of Galilee, the name of which `is' Nazareth,

    27to a virgin, betrothed to a man, whose name `is' Joseph, of the house of David, and the name of the virgin `is' Mary.

  • Luke 1:11-15
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    11And there appeared to him a messenger of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of the perfume,

    12and Zacharias, having seen, was troubled, and fear fell on him;

    13and the messenger said unto him, `Fear not, Zacharias, for thy supplication was heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear a son to thee, and thou shalt call his name John,

    14and there shall be joy to thee, and gladness, and many at his birth shall joy,

    15for he shall be great before the Lord, and wine and strong drink he may not drink, and of the Holy Spirit he shall be full, even from his mother's womb;

  • Luke 1:17-19
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    17and he shall go before Him, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn hearts of fathers unto children, and disobedient ones to the wisdom of righteous ones, to make ready for the Lord, a people prepared.'

    18And Zacharias said unto the messenger, `Whereby shall I know this? for I am aged, and my wife is advanced in her days?'

    19And the messenger answering said to him, `I am Gabriel, who have been standing near before God, and I was sent to speak unto thee, and to proclaim these good news to thee,

  • Luke 1:56-61
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    56And Mary remained with her about three months, and turned back to her house.

    57And to Elisabeth was the time fulfilled for her bringing forth, and she bare a son,

    58and the neighbours and her kindred heard that the Lord was making His kindness great with her, and they were rejoicing with her.

    59And it came to pass, on the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child, and they were calling him by the name of his father, Zacharias,

    60and his mother answering said, `No, but he shall be called John.'

    61And they said unto her -- `There is none among thy kindred who is called by this name,'

  • Luke 1:39-42
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    39And Mary having arisen in those days, went to the hill-country, with haste, to a city of Judea,

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

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

    42and spake out with a loud voice, and said, `Blessed `art' thou among women, and blessed `is' the fruit of thy womb;

  • Luke 1:36
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    36and lo, Elisabeth, thy kinswoman, she also hath conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her who was called barren;

  • Luke 1:66-67
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    66and all who heard did lay them up in their hearts, saying, `What then shall this child be?' and the hand of the Lord was with him.

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

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    1And in the fifteenth year of the government of Tiberius Caesar -- Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother, tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene --

    2Annas and Caiaphas being chief priests -- there came a word of God 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 Sadok, and Sadok 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 begotten Jesus, who is named Christ.

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    4that thou mayest know the certainty of the things wherein thou wast instructed.

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    1And there is a certain man of Ramathaim-Zophim, of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name `is' Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, and Ephrathite,

  • Luke 1:75-76
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    75To serve Him, in holiness and righteousness Before Him, all the days of our life.

    76And thou, child, Prophet of the Highest Shalt thou be called; For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord, To prepare His ways.

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    18And of Jesus Christ, the birth was thus: For his mother Mary having been betrothed to Joseph, before their coming together she was found to have conceived from the Holy Spirit,

  • Luke 1:44-45
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    44for, lo, when the voice of thy salutation came to my ears, leap in gladness did the babe in my womb;

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  • Luke 1:31-32
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    31and lo, thou shalt conceive in the womb, and shalt bring forth a son, and call his name Jesus;

    32he shall be great, and Son of the Highest he shall be called, and the Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father,

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    1In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, hath a word of Jehovah been unto Zechariah, son of Berechiah, son of Iddo, the prophet, saying:

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    29the `son' of Jose, the `son' of Eliezer, the `son' of Jorim, the `son' of Matthat,

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    21And the people were waiting for Zacharias, and wondering at his tarrying in the sanctuary,

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    4and Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, that is called Bethlehem, because of his being of the house and family of David,

    5to enroll himself with Mary his betrothed wife, being with child.