Luke 1
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Luke 1:8-17

8NowG1161 it happenedG1096 that whileG1722 1he was performingG2407 his priestlyG2407 serviceG2407 beforeG1725 GodG2316 in the appointedG5010 orderG5010 of his divisionG2183, 9accordingG2596 to the customG1485 of the priestlyG2405 officeG2405, he was chosenG2975 byG2975 lotG2975 2to enterG1525 the templeG3485 of the LordG2962 and burnG2370 incenseG2370. 10And the wholeG3956 multitudeG4128 of the peopleG2992 were inG4336 prayerG4336 3outsideG1854 at the hourG5610 of the incenseG2368 offering. 11NowG1161 4an angelG32 of the LordG2962 appearedG3708 to him, standingG2476 to the rightG1188 of the altarG2379 of incenseG2368. 12ZechariahG2197 was troubledG5015 when he sawG3708 the angel, and 5fearG5401 6grippedG1968 him. 13But the angelG32 saidG3004 to him, “7Do not beG5399 afraidG5399, ZechariahG2197, for your prayerG1162 has been heardG1522, and your wifeG1135 ElizabethG1665 will bearG1080 you a sonG5207, and 8you shall 9nameG2564G3686 him JohnG2491. 14You will have joyG5479 and gladnessG20, and manyG4183 will rejoiceG5463 overG1909 his birthG1078. 15For he will be greatG3173 inG1799 theG1799 sightG1799 ofG1799 the LordG2962; and he will 10drinkG4095 noG3756G3361 wineG3631 orG2532 liquorG4608, and he will be filledG4092 with the HolyG40 SpiritG4151 11while stillG2089 in his mother’sG3384 wombG2836. 16And he will 12turnG1994 manyG4183 of the sonsG5207 of IsraelG2474 backG1994 to the LordG2962 their GodG2316. 17And it is he who will 13goG4281 as a forerunner beforeG1799 Him in the spiritG4151 and powerG1411 of 14ElijahG2243, 15to turnG1994 the heartsG2588 of fathersG3962 backG1994 to their childrenG5043, and the disobedientG545 to the attitudeG5428 of the righteousG1342, to 16makeG2090 readyG2090 a peopleG2992 preparedG2680 for the LordG2962.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Luke 1:8 1 Chr 24:19; 2 Chr 8:14; 31:2 ↩
  2. 2. Luke 1:9 Ex 30:7f ↩
  3. 3. Luke 1:10 Lev 16:17 ↩
  4. 4. Luke 1:11 Luke 2:9; Acts 5:19 ↩
  5. 5. Luke 1:12 Luke 2:9 ↩
  6. 6. Luke 1:12 Lit fell upon ↩
  7. 7. Luke 1:13 Matt 14:27; Luke 1:30 ↩
  8. 8. Luke 1:13 Luke 1:60, 63 ↩
  9. 9. Luke 1:13 Lit call his name ↩
  10. 10. Luke 1:15 Num 6:3; Judg 13:4; Matt 11:18; Luke 7:33 ↩
  11. 11. Luke 1:15 Lit still from his ↩
  12. 12. Luke 1:16 Matt 3:2, 6; Luke 3:3 ↩
  13. 13. Luke 1:17 Luke 1:76 ↩
  14. 14. Luke 1:17 Matt 11:14 ↩
  15. 15. Luke 1:17 Mal 4:6 ↩
  16. 16. Luke 1:17 Luke 1:76 ↩

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