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John the Baptist’s Birth Foretold

(A)In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, of the (B)division of [a]Abijah, and he had a wife [b]from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. And they were both (C)righteous in the sight of God, walking (D)blamelessly in all the commandments and righteous requirements of the [c]Lord. But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both advanced in [d]years.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 1:5 Gr Abia
  2. Luke 1:5 Of priestly descent
  3. Luke 1:6 In OT, Yahweh, cf. Deut 4:1
  4. Luke 1:7 Lit days