And they were both righteous in the sight of God, living blamelessly in all the commandments and regulations of the Lord. And they did not have[a] a child, because Elizabeth was barren. And they were both advanced in years.[b]

And it happened that while[c] he was serving as priest before God in the order of his division,

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 1:7 Literally “there was not to them”
  2. Luke 1:7 Literally “in their days”
  3. Luke 1:8 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the temporal infinitive (“was serving as priest”)

Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, observing all the Lord’s commands and decrees blamelessly.(A) But they were childless because Elizabeth was not able to conceive, and they were both very old.

Once when Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,(B)

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