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that thou know the truth of those words, of which thou art learned.][a]

In the days of Herod, king of Judaea, there was a priest [there was some priest], Zacharias by name, of the sort of Abia, and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

And [they] both were just before God, going in all the commandments and justifyings of the Lord, without plaint.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 1:4 These four prefatory verses are only found in two copies of the "Early Version"

so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.(A)

The Birth of John the Baptist Foretold

In the time of Herod king of Judea(B) there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah;(C) his wife Elizabeth was also a descendant of Aaron. Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, observing all the Lord’s commands and decrees blamelessly.(D)

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