Luke 1:5 Meaning and Explanation
“There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.”
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Read Full Chapter →In the days of King Herod, a priest named Zacharias and his wife Elisabeth, a descendant of Aaron, live in Judaea.
What Does Luke 1:5 Mean?
The story proper begins in the days of Herod the Great, ruler of Judaea under Rome. Zacharias belongs to the priestly course of Abia, one of the twenty-four divisions that took turns serving in the temple; Elisabeth too descends from Aaron, the first high priest.
After long years without a prophetic voice, God begins his new work quietly, with an aging priest and his wife — faithful, obscure, ordinary. The gospel does not open in a palace but at the altar, among people who kept serving God when nothing seemed to be happening. God had not forgotten his people, and he begins with those who waited.
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What does Luke 1:5 mean?
In the days of King Herod, a priest named Zacharias and his wife Elisabeth, a descendant of Aaron, live in Judaea.