Luke 1:3-5
1599 Geneva Bible
3 It seemed good also to me ([a]most noble Theophilus) as soon as I had searched out perfectly all things [b]from the beginning, to write unto thee thereof from point to point,
4 That thou mightest [c]acknowledge the certainty of those things whereof thou hast been instructed.
5 In [d]the [e]time of [f]Herod King of Judea, there was a certain Priest named Zacharias, of the (A)[g]course of Abijah: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
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- Luke 1:3 It is most mighty, and therefore Theophilus was a very honorable man, and in place of great dignity.
- Luke 1:3 Luke began his Gospel a great deal farther off, than the others did.
- Luke 1:4 Have fuller knowledge of those things, which before thou knewest but meanly.
- Luke 1:5 John who was another Elijah, and appointed to be herald of Christ, coming of the stock of Aaron, and of two famous and blameless parents, hath showed in his conception, which was against the course of nature, a double miracle, to the end that men should be more readily stirred up to the hearing of his preaching, according to the forewarning of the Prophets.
- Luke 1:5 Word for word, in the days: so speak the Hebrews, giving us to understand, how short and frail a thing the power of princes is.
- Luke 1:5 Herod the great.
- Luke 1:5 For the posterity of Aaron was divided into courses.
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