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Luke 1:11 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" An angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense. "
Luke 1:11
Verse in Context
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9 according to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to enter into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.
10 The whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense.
11 An angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
12 Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him.
13 But the angel said to him, “Don’t be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard. Your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.
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Luke 1:1
"Since many have undertaken to set in order a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us,"
Luke 1:2
"even as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word delivered them to us,"
Luke 1:3
"it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus;"
Luke 1:4
"that you might know the certainty concerning the things in which you were instructed."
Luke 1:5
"There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth."
Luke 1:6
"They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord."
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