Luke 1 Background Information with Maps and Images (Picture Study Bible - Luke) Free Bible Online

1 - Since many have undertaken to set in order a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us,

2 - even as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word delivered them to us,

3 - it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus;

4 - that you might know the certainty concerning the things in which you were instructed.

5 - There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

6 - They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.

7 - But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both were well advanced in years.

8 - Now while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his division,

9 - according to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to enter into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.

10 - The whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense.

11 - An angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense.

12 - Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him.

13 - But the angel said to him, "Don't be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard, and your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

14 - You will have joy and gladness; and many will rejoice at his birth.