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Introduction
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Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, SCode Act 3:18 2Tim 4:5 2Tim 4:17
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just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word. SCode Mk 1:1~2 Mk 4:14 Jn 16:4 Jn 15:27 Act 11:15 Act 26:16 Act 4:20 1Cor 4:1 1Cor 11:2 1Cor 11:23 Heb 2:3 1Pet 5:1 2Pet 1:16 1Jn 1:1 1Jn 1:3
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With this in mind, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I too decided to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, SCode Act 1:1 Act 24:3 Act 11:4 Act 26:25 Act 23:26
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so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught. SCode Act 18:25 Act 2:36 Rom 2:18 1Cor 14:19 Gal 6:6 2Pet 1:16 2Pet 1:19
The Birth of John the Baptist Foretold
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In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah; his wife Elizabeth was also a descendant of Aaron. SCode 1Chr 24:10 Mt 2:1
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Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, observing all the Lord’s commands and decrees blamelessly. SCode Lk 2:25 Act 23:1 Act 24:16 Phil 2:15 1Th 2:10 1Th 3:13 1Th 5:23
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But they were childless because Elizabeth was not able to conceive, and they were both very old. SCode Gen 18:11 Jdg 13:2 1Sam 1:2 Lk 1:36 Heb 11:11~12
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Once when Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God, SCode 1Chr 24:19 2Chr 31:2 2Chr 8:14 Lk 1:5
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he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to go into the temple of the Lord and burn incense. SCode Exo 30:7~8 1Sam 2:28 1Chr 23:13 2Chr 29:11 Lk 1:21~22 Heb 9:2~3 Rev 11:2 Rev 11:19
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And when the time for the burning of incense came, all the assembled worshipers were praying outside. SCode Lev 16:17 Psa 141:2 Rev 5:8
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Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the altar of incense. SCode Exo 30:1~10 Exo 40:26~27
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When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and was gripped with fear. SCode Act 19:17
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But the angel said to him: "Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John. SCode Lk 1:60 Act 10:4 Act 10:31
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He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice because of his birth, SCode Lk 1:58
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for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He is never to take wine or other fermented drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even before he is born. SCode Num 6:3 Jdg 13:4 Jdg 13:7 Jdg 13:14 Isa 49:1 Isa 49:5 Jer 1:5 Mt 11:11 Mt 11:18 Lk 7:33 Lk 1:41 Lk 1:67 Act 2:4 Act 2:15 Act 2:17 Gal 1:15 Eph 5:18
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He will bring back many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God.
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And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous - to make ready a people prepared for the Lord." SCode Mal 3:1 Mal 4:6 Mt 11:14 Lk 1:76 Jn 3:28 Rom 10:21
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Zechariah asked the angel, "How can I be sure of this? I am an old man and my wife is well along in years." SCode Gen 15:8 Gen 17:17
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The angel said to him, "I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to tell you this good news. SCode 1Ki 17:1 Job 1:6 Isa 63:9 Dan 8:16 Dan 9:21 Mt 18:10 Lk 1:26 Rev 8:2~4
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And now you will be silent and not able to speak until the day this happens, because you did not believe my words, which will come true at their appointed time." SCode Ezk 3:26 Ezk 24:27
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Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he stayed so long in the temple. SCode
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When he came out, he could not speak to them. They realized he had seen a vision in the temple, for he kept making signs to them but remained unable to speak. SCode Lk 1:62~63
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When his time of service was completed, he returned home. SCode 2Ki 11:5 1Chr 9:25 2Chr 23:8 Lk 1:8~9 Heb 10:11
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After this his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion.
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"The Lord has done this for me," she said. "In these days he has shown his favor and taken away my disgrace among the people." SCode Gen 30:23 1Sam 1:6 Psa 113:9 Isa 4:1
The Birth of Jesus Foretold
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In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, SCode Mt 2:23 Lk 1:19
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to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. SCode Mt 1:16 Mt 1:18 Mt 1:20 Lk 2:4
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The angel went to her and said, "Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you." SCode Jdg 6:12 Psa 45:2 Dan 9:23
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Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. SCode Lk 1:12~13
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But the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. SCode Act 7:46
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You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. SCode Isa 7:14 Mt 1:21 Mt 1:25 Lk 2:21
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He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, SCode 2Sam 7:11~13 2Sam 7:16 Psa 89:4 Psa 132:11 Isa 16:5 Isa 9:6~7 Mt 1:1 Mk 5:7 Lk 6:35 Lk 1:76 Act 2:30 Act 7:48 Rev 3:7
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and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end." SCode Dan 7:14 Dan 7:18 Dan 7:27 Dan 2:44 Jn 12:34 Heb 1:8 Rev 11:15
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"How will this be," Mary asked the angel, "since I am a virgin?"
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The angel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. SCode Mt 1:18 Mt 1:20 Mt 14:33 Lk 1:32 Jn 6:69
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Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month. SCode Lk 1:7~8
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For no word from God will ever fail." SCode Gen 18:14 Mt 19:26
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"I am the Lord’s servant," Mary answered. "May your word to me be fulfilled." Then the angel left her. SCode Jdg 6:21 Act 12:10
Mary Visits Elizabeth
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At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, SCode Jos 20:7 Jos 21:11 Lk 1:65
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where she entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth.
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When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. SCode Lk 1:15 Lk 1:67~69
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In a loud voice she exclaimed: "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear! SCode Deu 28:4 Jdg 5:24 Psa 127:3
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But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? SCode Lk 2:11 Lk 20:42 Jn 20:28~29
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As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.
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Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her!" SCode Lk 1:20
Mary’s Song
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And Mary said: "My soul glorifies the Lord SCode 1Sam 2:1~10 Psa 34:2~3 Psa 69:30 Lk 1:46~53 Act 19:17 Act 10:46 1Th 5:23
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for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed, SCode 1Sam 1:11 Psa 138:6 Psa 72:17 Mal 3:12 Lk 11:27 Lk 9:38
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for the Mighty One has done great things for me - holy is his name. SCode Psa 126:2~3 Psa 99:3 Psa 89:8 Psa 111:9 Psa 71:19 Isa 57:15 Zeph 3:17
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His mercy extends to those who fear him, from generation to generation. SCode Deu 7:9 Deu 5:10 Psa 89:1~2 Psa 103:17
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He has performed mighty deeds with his arm; he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts. SCode Psa 98:1 Psa 89:10 Psa 118:16 Isa 51:9 Dan 4:37 Jas 4:6
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He has brought down rulers from their thrones but has lifted up the humble. SCode Job 5:11 Psa 147:6 Psa 75:7 Psa 113:7~8 Psa 107:40~41 Ezk 21:26 Lk 1:51 Jas 4:10
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He has filled the hungry with good things but has sent the rich away empty. SCode Job 22:9 Psa 107:9 Psa 34:10 Lk 6:21 Lk 6:24~25
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He has helped his servant Israel, remembering to be merciful SCode Psa 98:3 Isa 49:3 Isa 41:8~9 Isa 44:21 Mic 7:20 Lk 1:72~73 Heb 2:16
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to Abraham and his descendants forever, just as he promised our ancestors." SCode Gen 17:19 Psa 132:11 Lk 1:54 Gal 3:16
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Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.
The Birth of John the Baptist
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When it was time for Elizabeth to have her baby, she gave birth to a son.
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Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they shared her joy. SCode Gen 19:19
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On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him after his father Zechariah, SCode Gen 17:12 Lev 12:3 Lk 2:21 Phil 3:5~6
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but his mother spoke up and said, "No! He is to be called John." SCode
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They said to her, "There is no one among your relatives who has that name."
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Then they made signs to his father, to find out what he would like to name the child. SCode Lk 1:22~23
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He asked for a writing tablet, and to everyone’s astonishment he wrote, "His name is John." SCode Isa 8:1 Isa 30:8 Lk 1:60
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Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue set free, and he began to speak, praising God. SCode Mk 7:35 Lk 1:20~21 Lk 2:28 Lk 24:53
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All the neighbors were filled with awe, and throughout the hill country of Judea people were talking about all these things. SCode Lk 7:16 Lk 1:39
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Everyone who heard this wondered about it, asking, "What then is this child going to be?" For the Lord’s hand was with him. SCode Lk 2:19 Lk 2:51 Act 13:11 Act 11:21
Zechariah’s Song
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His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied: SCode Jol 2:28 Lk 1:15 Lk 1:41
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"Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come to his people and redeemed them. SCode Exo 4:31 1Ki 1:48 1Chr 29:10 Ezr 7:27 Psa 130:7~8 Psa 111:9 Psa 41:13 Psa 72:18 Psa 106:48 Isa 43:1 Isa 59:20 Isa 29:23 Mt 15:31 Lk 7:16 Lk 24:21 Lk 2:38 Lk 1:78 Act 15:14 Act 13:17 Heb 2:6
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He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David SCode 1Sam 2:1 1Sam 2:10 2Sam 22:3 Psa 18:2 Psa 132:17 Ezk 29:21 Lk 1:32
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(as he said through his holy prophets of long ago), SCode Jer 23:5~6 Act 3:21 Rom 1:2
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salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us - SCode Psa 106:10
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to show mercy to our ancestors and to remember his holy covenant, SCode Lev 26:42 Psa 105:8~9 Mic 7:20 Lk 1:54~55 Rom 9:4
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the oath he swore to our father Abraham: SCode Gen 26:3 Gen 22:16~18 Heb 6:13~14
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to rescue us from the hand of our enemies, and to enable us to serve him without fear SCode Zeph 3:15
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in holiness and righteousness before him all our days. SCode Jer 32:39 Mt 28:20 Eph 4:24 1Th 2:10 Tit 2:12
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And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him, SCode Mal 3:1 Mt 3:3 Mt 14:5 Mt 11:9~10 Mk 1:2~4 Lk 3:4 Lk 20:6 Lk 1:17 Lk 7:26~27 Lk 7:27~28 Lk 1:32
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to give his people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins, SCode Mt 26:28
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because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven SCode Mal 4:2 Lk 24:49 Eph 5:14 Col 3:12 2Pet 1:19
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to shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace." SCode Psa 107:10 Isa 9:2 Isa 42:7 Mt 4:16 Lk 2:14 Jn 8:12 Act 26:18 Rom 3:17
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And the child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the wilderness until he appeared publicly to Israel. SCode Mt 3:1 Mt 11:7 Lk 2:40
NIV Footnotes
  1. 1:1 Or been surely believed
  2. 1:35 Or So the child to be born will be called holy,
  3. 1:69 Horn here symbolizes a strong king.
  4. 1:80 Or in the Spirit
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