A moment in scripture
Luke 1:5
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
The surrounding passage
- Luke 1:3
It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,
- Luke 1:4
That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.
- Luke 1:6
And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
- Luke 1:7
And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.