so that you may know the certainty concerning the things about which you were taught.

The Prediction of John the Baptist’s Birth

It happened that in the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a certain priest, Zechariah by name, of the division of Abijah. And he had a wife[a] from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. And they were both righteous in the sight of God, living blamelessly in all the commandments and regulations of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 1:5 Literally “a wife to him”

so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.(A)

The Birth of John the Baptist Foretold

In the time of Herod king of Judea(B) there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah;(C) his wife Elizabeth was also a descendant of Aaron. Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, observing all the Lord’s commands and decrees blamelessly.(D)

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