Luke 1:10

Luke 1:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of incense.
• New International Version (NIV)And when the time for the burning of incense came, all the assembled worshipers were praying outside.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the whole multitude of the people was praying outside at the hour of incense.

Context of Luke 1:10

8Zechariah was on duty with his division of priests. As he served in God’s presence, 9he was chosen by priestly custom to go into the Lord’s temple to burn incense. All the people were praying outside while he was burning incense. 11Then, to the right of the incense altar, an angel of the Lord appeared to him. 12Zechariah was troubled and overcome with fear.

Luke 1:10 word by word

καὶ πᾶν τὸ πλῆθος ἦν τοῦ λαοῦ προσευχόμενον ἔξω τῇ ὥρᾳ τοῦ θυμιάματος.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• the wholeπᾶςpas · allG3956
• multitudeὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• multitudeπλῆθοςplēthos · multitudeG4128
• of the peopleλαόςlaos · a peopleG2992
• wereεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• prayingπροσεύχομαιproseuchomai · to prayG4336
• withoutἔξωexō · out/outside(r)G1854
• at the timeὥραhōra · hourG5610
• of incenseθυμίαμαthumiama · incenseG2368

Cross-references for Luke 1:10

• Leviticus 16:17No one may be in the tent of meeting from the time Aaron enters the holy place to do this until he comes out. Aaron will make peace with the Lord for his own sins, his family’s sins, and the sins of the entire assembly of Israel.
• Hebrews 4:14We need to hold on to our declaration of faith: We have a superior chief priest who has gone through the heavens. That person is Jesus, the Son of God.
• Hebrews 9:24Christ didn’t go into a holy place made by human hands. He didn’t go into a model of the real thing. Instead, he went into heaven to appear in God’s presence on our behalf.
• Revelation 8:3Another angel came with a gold incense burner and stood at the altar. He was given a lot of incense to offer on the gold altar in front of the throne. He offered it with the prayers of all of God’s people.

Commentaries on Luke 1:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10The whole multitude - were praying - The incense was itself an emblem of the prayers and praises of the people of God: see Psalm 141:2; Revelation 8:1. While, therefore, the rite is performing by the priest, the people are employed in the thing signified. Happy the people who attend to the spirit as well as the letter of every divine institution! Incense was burnt twice a day in the temple, in the morning and in the evening, Exodus 30:7, Exodus 30:8; but…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10The whole multitude - This was the regular time of evening prayer, and multitudes came up to the temple to worship. Praying without - That is, in the courts around the temple, particularly in the court of the women.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-25Verses 5-25 The father and mother of John the Baptist were sinners as all are, and were justified and saved in the same way as others; but they were eminent for piety and integrity. They had no children, and it could not be expected that Elisabeth should have any in her old age. While Zacharias was burning incense in the temple, the whole multitude of the people were praying without. All the prayers we offer up to God, are acceptable and successful only…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. praying without--outside the court in front of the temple, where stood the altar of burnt offering; the men and women in separate courts, but the altar visible to all. the time of incense--which was offered along with the morning and evening sacrifice of every day; a beautiful symbol of the acceptableness of the sacrifice offered on the altar of burnt offering, with coals from whose altar the incense was burnt (Le 16:12, 13). This again was a symbol…Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 1:10

• Barrenness
• Elisabeth (Elizabeth)
• Incense
• Joy
• Temple
• Zacharias (Zechariah)

In the dictionaries

• Begin
• Certainty
• Conceive
• Estate
• Frankincense
• Ministration
• Noise
• Righteousness
• Salutation
• Sign

Commentaries on Luke 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings