King James Version (KJV)
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.”
Verse in context — Luke 1
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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,
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That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.
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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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And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
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And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were [now] well stricken in years.
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