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Luke 1:13 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" 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. "
Luke 1:13
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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.
14 You will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth.
15 For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.
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Zechariah, father of John
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Elizabeth Zechariah is the husband of Elizabeth.
Source: 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.
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John the Baptist Zechariah is the father of John the Baptist.
Source: Luke 1:13; Luke 1:57; Luke 1:59; Luke 1:63
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.
Read Luke 1:13Now the time that Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled, and she gave birth to a son.
Read Luke 1:57On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
Read Luke 1:59He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, “His name is John.” They all marveled.
Read Luke 1:63
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Elizabeth
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Zechariah, father of John Zechariah is the husband of Elizabeth.
Source: 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.
Read Luke 1:5 -
John the Baptist Elizabeth is the mother of John the Baptist.
Source: Luke 1:13; Luke 1:57; Luke 1:60
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.
Read Luke 1:13Now the time that Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled, and she gave birth to a son.
Read Luke 1:57His mother answered, “Not so; but he will be called John.”
Read Luke 1:60
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John the Baptist
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Zechariah, father of John Zechariah is the father of John the Baptist.
Source: Luke 1:13; Luke 1:57; Luke 1:59; Luke 1:63
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.
Read Luke 1:13Now the time that Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled, and she gave birth to a son.
Read Luke 1:57On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
Read Luke 1:59He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, “His name is John.” They all marveled.
Read Luke 1:63 -
Elizabeth Elizabeth is the mother of John the Baptist.
Source: Luke 1:13; Luke 1:57; Luke 1:60
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.
Read Luke 1:13Now the time that Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled, and she gave birth to a son.
Read Luke 1:57His mother answered, “Not so; but he will be called John.”
Read Luke 1:60
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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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