I.
Introduction
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1Inasmuch as
2many have undertaken to
3draw up a narrative concerning the
4matters which have been fully accomplished among us,
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Even as
1those who from the beginning became
aeyewitnesses and
2ministers of the
3word have
4delivered them to us,
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It seemed good to
1me also, having carefully investigated all things from the first, to write
them out for you in an
aorderly fashion, most
bexcellent 2cTheophilus,
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So that you may fully know the certainty of the things concerning which you were instructed.
II.
The preparation of the Man-Savior in His humanity with His divinity
1:5—4:13
A.
His forerunner's conception
1:5-25
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In the days of
aHerod, king of Judea, there was a certain priest named Zachariah, of the
1course of Abijah; and his wife was of the daughters of
bAaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
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And 1they were both
2arighteous before God,
3bwalking in all the commandments and
4ordinances of the Lord,
cblameless.
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And they had
1no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both advanced in their days.
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And while he served as priest in the
aorder of his course before God,
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According to the custom of the priestly service, the lot fell to him to enter into the
atemple of the Lord and
1burn incense.
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And all the multitude of the people were
1apraying outside at the hour of the burning of incense.
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And an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the
aaltar of incense.
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And Zachariah was troubled when he saw
him, and
afear fell upon him.
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But the angel said to him, Do
anot be afraid, Zachariah, because your petition has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will
1bear you a son, and you shall call his name
2bJohn.
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And you will have joy and exultation, and many will rejoice at his birth.
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For he will be
agreat in the sight of the Lord, and he shall by
1bno means drink wine and liquor. And he will be filled with the
2cHoly Spirit, even from his mother's
dwomb,
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And many of the sons of Israel he will turn to the Lord their God.
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And it is he
who will go
abefore Him in the spirit and power of
1Elijah to turn the
bhearts of the fathers to the children, and the
cdisobedient 2to the
3prudence of the righteous, to
dprepare for the Lord a people made ready.
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And Zachariah said to the angel, By what shall I know this? For I am an
aold man and my wife is advanced in
1years.
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And the
aangel answered and said to him, I am
bGabriel, who stands before God, and I was sent to speak to you and to announce the good news of these things to you.
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And behold, you shall be
asilent and not able to speak until the day that these things happen, because you did
1not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time.
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And the people were waiting for Zachariah, and they marveled at his delaying in the
atemple.
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And when he came out, he was not able to speak to them, and they realized that he had seen a
avision in the temple. And he made signs to them and remained dumb.
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And when the days of his service were fulfilled, he went to his house.
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And after these days Elizabeth his wife conceived and stayed in seclusion for five months, saying,
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In this way has the Lord dealt with me in the days in which He looked upon
me to take away my
areproach among men.
B.
His conception
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And in the sixth month the angel
aGabriel was sent from God to a city of
1Galilee named
bNazareth,
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To a
avirgin engaged to a man named
bJoseph, of the house of
1cDavid; and the virgin's name was Mary.
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And he came to her and said, Rejoice, you who have been graced! The Lord is
awith 1you.
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And she was greatly troubled at this saying and began reasoning what kind of greeting this might be.
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And the angel said to her, Do
anot be afraid, Mary, for you have found
bgrace with God.
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And behold, you will
aconceive in
your womb and bear a son, and you shall call His name
1bJesus.
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He will be
agreat and will be called
bSon of the
1cMost High; and the Lord God will give to Him the
dthrone of
2eDavid His father,
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And He will
1reign over the house of Jacob
aforever, and of His
2kingdom there will be
bno end.
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But Mary said to the angel, How will this be, since I have not known a man?
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And the angel answered and said to her, The
1Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the
aMost High will
2overshadow you; therefore also the
3bholy thing which is born will be called the
cSon of God.
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And behold, Elizabeth your relative, she also has conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who is called barren,
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Because no word will be
1aimpossible 2with God.
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And Mary said, Behold, the slave of the Lord. May it happen to me according to your word. And the
aangel departed from her.
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And Mary rose up in those days and went to the
ahill country with haste, to a city of Judah,
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And entered into the house of Zachariah and greeted Elizabeth.
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And when Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the
1baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the
aHoly Spirit.
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And she lifted up her voice with a loud cry and said,
1aBlessed are you among women, and blessed is the
2bfruit of your womb!
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And how has this
happened to me, that the mother of my
1aLord should come to me?
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For behold, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby leaped with exultation in my womb.
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1And blessed is she who has
2abelieved, because there will be a
3completion of the things spoken to her from the Lord.
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And Mary said,
1My asoul 2bmagnifies the Lord,
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And my
aspirit 1has bexulted in God my
cSavior;
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Because He has
alooked upon the low estate of His slave. For behold, from now on all generations will count me
bblessed,
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Because the
1aMighty One has done
bgreat things for me, and
choly is His name.
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And His
1amercy is unto
bgenerations and generations, unto those who
cfear Him.
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He has exercised might with His
aarm; He has scattered
those who are bproud in the understanding of their heart.
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He has brought down
apotentates from thrones and has
bexalted the
chumble;
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The ahungry He has filled with good things, and the rich He has sent away empty.
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He has upheld Israel His
aservant to
bremember mercy,
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Even 1as He spoke to our fathers, to
aAbraham and to his seed forever.
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And Mary remained with her about three months, and returned to her home.
C.
His forerunner's birth and youth
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Now the time was fulfilled for Elizabeth to give birth, and she bore a son.
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And her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had magnified His mercy with her, and they rejoiced with her.
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And on the eighth day they came to
acircumcise the little child, and they tried to call him after the name of his father, Zachariah.
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Yet his mother answered and said, No, but he shall be called
aJohn.
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And they said to her, There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name.
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And they gestured to his father as to what he would want him to be called.
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And asking for a tablet, he wrote, saying, John is his name. And they all marveled.
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And his
1mouth was opened instantly, and his
atongue loosed, and he began to speak, blessing God.
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And afear came on all those dwelling around them, and in all the
bhill country of Judea all these
1things were spread about.
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And all who heard
these things put
them in their
aheart, saying, What then will this little child be? For indeed the hand of the Lord was
bwith him.
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And Zachariah his father was filled with the
aHoly Spirit and prophesied, saying,
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aBlessed be the Lord, the God of
bIsrael, because He has
cvisited and accomplished
1dredemption for His people,
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And raised a
1ahorn of salvation for us in the house of
bDavid His servant,
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Even 1as He spoke through the mouth of His holy
aprophets 2from of old —
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aSalvation from our enemies and from the
bhand of all who hate us,
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To accomplish
1mercy with our fathers and to
2aremember His holy
bcovenant,
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The 1aoath which He swore to Abraham our father,
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To grant us that we, having been delivered out of the hand of
our enemies, might
1serve Him without fear,
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In 1aholiness and
brighteousness before Him all our days.
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And you also, little child, shall be called a
aprophet of the
bMost High, for you will go
cbefore the
1Lord to
2dprepare His ways,
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To give knowledge of
asalvation to His people by the
bforgiveness of their sins,
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Because of the merciful
acompassions of our God, in which the rising
1bsun will
cvisit us from on high,
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To shine upon those sitting in
adarkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of
bpeace.
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And the little child
agrew and became strong in
1spirit, and he was in the
bwilderness until the day of his presentation to Israel.
