Luke 1:5
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.
KJV
Ἐγένετο ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις Ἡρῴδου βασιλέως τῆς Ἰουδαίας ἱερεύς τις ὀνόματι Ζαχαρίας ἐξ ἐφημερίας Ἀβιά, καὶ γυνὴ αὐτῷ ἐκ τῶν θυγατέρων Ἀαρών, καὶ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτῆς Ἐλισάβετ.
Greek NT
Fuit in diebus Herodis, regis Judææ, sacerdos quidam nomine Zacharias de vice Abia, et uxor illius de filiabus Aaron, et nomen ejus Elisabeth.
Vulgate
There was in the days of Herod, king of Judæa, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abijah: and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
ASV
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zachary, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elizabeth.
Douay-Rheims
Open in reader with connections →
In the original Greek
20 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- Ἡρῴδου — SBLGNT
- Ἡρῴδου — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + τοῦ — Robinson-Pierpont
- καὶ — SBLGNT
- καὶ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + ἡ — Robinson-Pierpont
- αὐτῷ — SBLGNT
- αὐτῷ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- αὐτοῦ — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
8 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§422'But when the time had fully come, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.'1 This is 'the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God':2 God has visited his people. He has fulfilled the promise he made to Abraham and his descendants. He acted far beyond all expectation - he has se…
Covers Herod's appointment as king by Rome, his conquest of Jerusalem with Roman help, the murder of the last Hasmoneans, his building of the Second Temple (a massive expansion of Zerubbabel's temple), and his relationship with Augustus. Josephus's Herod is essential for understanding the political backdrop of Matthew 2.
Covers the final years of Herod the Great, his death (c. 4 BC), and the division of his kingdom among his sons: Archelaus (Judea), Antipas (Galilee), and Philip (northeastern territories). Josephus's account of Herod's death helps date the birth of Jesus. The division of the kingdom is directly reflected in the Gospels.
Josephus provides a compressed history from the Maccabean revolt through the reign of Herod the Great. Covers the political upheavals that set the stage for the Roman-Herodian world of the New Testament. Parallels and supplements the accounts in Antiquities 14-17.
Cross-references
- 1Chr 24:10 — The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
- 1Chr 24:10 — The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
- 1Chr 24:19 — These were the orderings of them in their service to come into the house of the LORD, according to their manner, under Aaron their father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him.
- Luke 1:8 — And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his course,
- Matt 2:1 — Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
- Matt 2:1 — Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
- Neh 12:4 — Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah,
- Neh 12:4 — Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah,
- Neh 12:17 — Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;