Luke 1:1-9

Introduction

1 Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled[a] among us,
2 just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word.
3 With this in mind, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I too decided to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,
4 so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.

The Birth of John the Baptist Foretold

5 In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah; his wife Elizabeth was also a descendant of Aaron.
6 Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, observing all the Lord’s commands and decrees blamelessly.
7 But they were childless because Elizabeth was not able to conceive, and they were both very old.
8 Once when Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,
9 he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to go into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.

Cross References 13

  • 1. Mark 1:1; John 15:27; Acts 1:21,22
  • 2. Hebrews 2:3; 1 Peter 5:1; 2 Peter 1:16; 1 John 1:1
  • 3. S Mark 4:14
  • 4. Acts 11:4
  • 5. Acts 24:3; Acts 26:25
  • 6. Acts 1:1
  • 7. John 20:31; Acts 2:42
  • 8. Matthew 2:1
  • 9. 1 Chronicles 24:10
  • 10. Genesis 6:9; Genesis 7:1; Deuteronomy 5:33; 1 Kings 9:4; Luke 2:25
  • 11. 1 Chronicles 24:19; 2 Chronicles 8:14
  • 12. Acts 1:26
  • 13. Exodus 30:7,8; 1 Chronicles 23:13; 2 Chronicles 29:11; Psalms 141:2

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or "been surely believed"
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