"There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wif…" — Luke 1:5

Luke 1:5 · KJV

“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.”

— Luke 1:5

Verse 4

That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.

Verse 6

And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

Luke 1 — Context

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,

That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.

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.

And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were {now} well stricken in years.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 24:10

The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,

Matthew 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,

1 Chronicles 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.

Nehemiah 12:17

Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;

Nehemiah 12:4

Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah, {Ginnetho: also called, Ginnethon}