KJV King James Version
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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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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and whose wife Elizabeth was a descendant of Aaron.
WEB World English Bible
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.
ASV American Standard Version
There was in the days of Herod, king of Judæa, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abijah: and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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;
Surrounding context — Luke 1
2 Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
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,
4 That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.
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.
6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
7 And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were [now] well stricken in years.
8 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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ἘγένετοG1096 · ginomaito beἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongταῖςG3588 · hothe/this/whoἡμέραιςG2250 · hēmeradayἩρῴδουG2264 · HērōdēsHerodβασιλέωςG935 · basileuskingτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoἸουδαίαςG2449 · IoudaiaJudeaἱερεύςG2409 · hiereuspriestτιςG5100 · tisoneὀνόματιG3686 · onomanameΖαχαρίαςG2197 · ZachariasZechariahἐξG1537 · ekout fromἐφημερίαςG2183 · ephēmeriadivisionἈβιά,G7 · AbiaAbijahκαὶG2532 · kaiandγυνὴG1135 · gunēwomanαὐτῷG846 · autosit/s/heἐκG1537 · ekout fromτῶνG3588 · hothe/this/whoθυγατέρωνG2364 · thugatērdaughterἈαρὼνG2 · AarōnAaronκαὶG2532 · kaiandτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoὄνομαG3686 · onomanameαὐτῆςG846 · autosit/s/heἘλισάβετ.¶G1665 · ElisabetElizabeth
Cross-references
1 Chronicles 24:10The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,Matthew 2:1Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,1 Chronicles 24:19These [were] the orderings of them in their service to come into the house of the LORD, according to their manner, under Aaron their father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him.Nehemiah 12:17Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;Nehemiah 12:4Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah,
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