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Luke 1:3-5
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Luke 1:3-5
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3 I have checked the facts about what really happened. So now, I know about all the things that happened from the beginning. I am writing to make the facts clear to you, my important friend Theophilus. 4 People have already taught you about these things. Now you can be sure that they are true.
What happened before John the Baptist was born
5 There was a man whose name was Zechariah. He lived when Herod was king of Judea.[a] Zechariah was a priest and he belonged to a group of priests from the family of Abijah. He had a wife called Elizabeth. She also was from the family of the priest called Aaron.[b]
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- 1:5 This Herod was called Herod the Great. He was king in Judea from the year 37 BC to the year 4 BC.
- 1:5 A priest is a special servant of God who worked at the temple in Jerusalem. All the priests were descendants of Moses' brother, Aaron. He was the brother of Moses. They both lived a long time before Jesus. We can read about Aaron in the book called Exodus. There were 24 groups of priests. One group at a time worked in the temple. Every group had a name. Zechariah was in the group of Abijah.
Luke 1:3-5
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Luke 1:3-5
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3 With this in mind, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I too decided to write an orderly account(A) for you, most excellent(B) Theophilus,(C) 4 so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.(D)
The Birth of John the Baptist Foretold
5 In the time of Herod king of Judea(E) there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah;(F) his wife Elizabeth was also a descendant of Aaron.
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