Luke 1:9 KJV
According to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.
Matthew Henry
- Zacharias and ElisabethThe father and mother of John the Baptist were sinners as all are, and were justified and saved in the same way as others; but they were eminent for piety...
Thompson Chains
- Temple (3)See the chain from Matthew 24:1 · 6 links
Harmony of the Gospels
- § 2 An Angel appears to ZachariasTold in Luke alone
Parallel Passages
- Leviticus 16:17 And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- Exodus 30:7–8 And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. …
- 1 Chronicles 23:13 The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever.
- 2 Chronicles 29:11 My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense.
- 1 Samuel 2:28 And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?
- Exodus 37:25–29 And he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same. …
- Numbers 16:40 To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses.
- 1 Chronicles 6:49 But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
- 2 Chronicles 26:16 But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
- Hebrews 9:6 Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.
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Topics
- Barrenness Elisabeth
- Elisabeth (Elizabeth) The wife of Zacharias and the mother of John the Baptist
- Joy Of Elisabeth, when Mary visited her
- Lot, the Priests and Levites designated by, for sanctuary service
- Priest Chosen by lot
- Temple Zacharias, officiating priest in, has a vision of an angel; receives promise of a son
- Zacharias (Zechariah) 2. The father of John the Baptist
Timeline
- Timeline of the BibleAbout 3 BC · The Birth of John the Baptist
Bible Dictionary
- LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
Greek and Strong’s
- According Κατὰ Kata κατά Preposition
- to the custom τὸ to Article · accusative neuter singular ἔθος ethos ἔθος Noun · accusative neuter singular
- of the priest's office τῆς tēs Article · genitive feminine singular ἱερατείας hierateias ἱερατεία Noun · genitive feminine singular
- his lot ἔλαχε elache λαγχάνω Verb · aorist active indicative, third person singular
- was to burn incense τοῦ tou Pronoun · genitive neuter singular θυμιᾶσαι thymiasai θυμιάω Verb · aorist active infinitive
- when he went εἰσελθὼν eiselthōn εἰσέρχομαι Verb · aorist active participle, nominative masculine singular
- into εἰς eis εἰς Preposition
- the temple τὸν ton Article · accusative masculine singular ναὸν naon ναός Noun · accusative masculine singular
- of the Lord τοῦ tou Article · genitive masculine singular Κυρίου Kyriou κύριος Noun · genitive masculine singular
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