Luke 1:4-6

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⁴that you may know the truth concerning the things of which you have been informed.

The Birth of John the Baptist Foretold

⁵^[a]In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechari′ah,^[b] of the division of Abi′jah; and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. ⁶And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

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Footnotes

1.5–2.52 The “Infancy Gospel,” as it is called, is written in a markedly Semitic style, which differs from that of the rest of the Gospel. It appears to be based on the reminiscences of Mary.
Luke 1:5 Greek Zacharias

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