Luke 1:6 — Meaning and Application

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“And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.”

Luke 1:6

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That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.

There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife {was} of the daughters of Aaron, and her name {was} Elisabeth.

And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

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

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

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Luke 1:1

"Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us,"

Luke 1:2

"Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;"

Luke 1:3

"It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,"

Luke 1:4

"That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed."

Luke 1:5

"There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife {was} of the daughters of Aaron, and her name {was} Elisabeth."

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