Luka 1

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¹Since indeed many have undertaken to set in order a narrative concerning the events that have been fulfilled among us, ²just as they were handed down to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word, ³it seemed good to me also, having investigated everything carefully from the very first, to write for you an orderly account, most excellent Theophilus, ⁴so that you may know the certainty concerning the things about which you were instructed. ⁵In the days of Herod, the king of Judea, there was a certain priest named Zechariah, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. ⁶They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and requirements of the Lord. ⁷But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both advanced in their days. ⁸Now it happened that while he was serving as priest before God in the order of his division, ⁹according to the custom of the priesthood, it fell to his lot to enter into the temple of the Lord and burn incense. ¹⁰And the whole multitude of the people was praying outside at the hour of the incense burning. ¹¹Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense. ¹²And Zechariah was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him. ¹³But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your petition has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will call his name John. ¹⁴And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth. ¹⁵For he will be great in the sight of the Lord; and he will not drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother's womb. ¹⁶And he will turn many of the sons of Israel back to the Lord their God. ¹⁷And he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers back to children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord." ¹⁸And Zechariah said to the angel, "By what will I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in her days." ¹⁹And answering, the angel said to him, "I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and to announce this good news to you. ²⁰And look, you will be silent and unable to speak until the day these things happen, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time." ²¹And the people were waiting for Zechariah, and they were marveling at his delay in the temple. ²²But when he came out, he was not able to speak to them, and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple. And he kept making signs to them and remained mute. ²³And it came about that when the days of his priestly service were fulfilled, he departed to his house. ²⁴Now after these days his wife Elizabeth conceived, and she kept herself hidden for five months, saying, ²⁵"Thus the Lord has done for me in the days in which he looked favorably to take away my disgrace among people." ²⁶Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, ²⁷to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the name of the virgin was Mary. ²⁸And coming in to her, he said, "Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you." ²⁹But she was greatly troubled at the statement, and kept reasoning what kind of greeting this might be. ³⁰And the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. ³¹And look, you will conceive in your womb and give birth to a son, and you will call his name Jesus. ³²He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, ³³and he will reign over the house of Jacob for eternity, and of his kingdom there will be no end." ³⁴But Mary said to the angel, "How will this be, since I do not know a man?" ³⁵And answering, the angel said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the holy child being born will be called the Son of God. ³⁶And look, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who was called barren. ³⁷For no word from God will be impossible." ³⁸And Mary said, "Look, the servant of the Lord; let it be done to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her. ³⁹Now arising in those days, Mary went into the hill country with haste, to a city of Judah, ⁴⁰and she entered into the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. ⁴¹And it happened that when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. ⁴²And she cried out with a loud voice and said, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! ⁴³And why is this granted to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? ⁴⁴For look, as the voice of your greeting reached my ears, the baby leaped for joy in my womb. ⁴⁵And blessed is she who believed that there will be a fulfillment of the things spoken to her from the Lord." ⁴⁶And Mary said, "My soul magnifies the Lord, ⁴⁷and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, ⁴⁸for he has looked upon the humble state of his servant. For look, from now on all generations will call me blessed; ⁴⁹for the Mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is his name. ⁵⁰And his mercy is for generations and generations to those who fear him. ⁵¹He has shown strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the intention of their heart. ⁵²He has brought down rulers from thrones, and has exalted the humble. ⁵³He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty. ⁵⁴He has helped Israel his servant, in order to remember mercy, ⁵⁵just as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his offspring forever." ⁵⁶And Mary stayed with her about three months, and then returned to her house. ⁵⁷Now the time was fulfilled for Elizabeth to give birth, and she bore a son. ⁵⁸And her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy toward her, and they rejoiced with her. ⁵⁹And it happened on the eighth day that they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to call him by the name of his father, Zechariah. ⁶⁰But his mother answered and said, "No, but he will be called John." ⁶¹And they said to her, "There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name." ⁶²Then they made signs to his father, to find out what he might want him to be called. ⁶³And he asked for a small writing tablet and wrote, saying, "John is his name." And they all marveled. ⁶⁴And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue freed, and he began to speak, praising God. ⁶⁵And fear fell on all those living around them, and all these matters were being discussed throughout the entire hill country of Judea. ⁶⁶And all who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, "What then will this child be?" For indeed, the hand of the Lord was with him. ⁶⁷And Zechariah his father was filled with the Holy Spirit, and he prophesied, saying, ⁶⁸"Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited and accomplished redemption for his people, ⁶⁹and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David— ⁷⁰just as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old— ⁷¹salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us, ⁷²to show mercy to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant, ⁷³the oath that he swore to Abraham our father, ⁷⁴to grant us that we, being rescued from the hand of our enemies, might serve him without fear, ⁷⁵in holiness and righteousness before him all our days. ⁷⁶And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways, ⁷⁷to give the knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins, ⁷⁸because of the deep compassion of our God, by which the dawn from on high will visit us, ⁷⁹to shine upon those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace." ⁸⁰And the child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

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The New Consensus Bible text of Luka 1, read aloud over the chapter’s eight scenes. The words appear below as they are read.

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Several traditions affirm that Luke's prologue demonstrates biblical inspiration operating organically through human research, and that the miraculous conception by the Holy Spirit preserves Christ's assumed human nature from the taint of original sin. Some traditions also find specific doctrines in the narrative, maintaining that Elizabeth's greeting grounds the title Theotokos, that John the Baptist's consecration models physical abstinence, and that the prophetic promises guarantee the… Ingia ili usome makubaliano kamili →

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The historical prologue provides objective, verifiable certainty for the events of the Gospel narrative.
catholic: QUALIFY; anglican: AFFIRM; lutheran: AFFIRM; baptist: AFFIRM; restorationist: AFFIRM
Zechariah and Elizabeth's obedience is strictly contextualized as adherence to the Old Covenant economy.
methodist: DENY; adventist: DENY; restorationist: AFFIRM
The angelic greeting of Mary as 'full of grace' implies a permanent state of preservation from original sin.
catholic: AFFIRM; baptist: DENY
The Holy Spirit's overshadowing effects the hypostatic union by forming one incarnate nature of God the Word.
catholic: DENY; oriental-orthodox: AFFIRM; lutheran: DENY
The virgin conception indicates that Christ's flesh was exclusively heavenly in origin and not transmitted from Mary.
oriental-orthodox: DENY; lutheran: DENY; anabaptist: QUALIFY
Mary's willing acceptance functions as a reversal of Eve's disobedience through active human cooperation with divine grace.
orthodox: AFFIRM; lutheran: DENY; reformed: DENY; methodist: QUALIFY
Mary's response exemplifies the ideal posture of absolute, passive submission to God's sovereign word.
catholic: QUALIFY; orthodox: DENY; lutheran: AFFIRM; reformed: AFFIRM; baptist: AFFIRM; methodist: DENY; anabaptist: AFFIRM; pentecostal: QUALIFY; restorationist: QUALIFY
The Magnificat and Benedictus serve as foundational canticles for daily liturgical prayer.
catholic: AFFIRM; orthodox: QUALIFY; oriental-orthodox: QUALIFY; anglican: AFFIRM; lutheran: AFFIRM; reformed: QUALIFY; baptist: DENY; methodist: AFFIRM
Mary's identification of God as her Savior demonstrates that she was a sinner in need of personal redemption.
catholic: DENY; baptist: AFFIRM
The Magnificat serves as a programmatic Jubilee manifesto demanding the socio-political reversal of wealth and human hierarchies.
anglican: AFFIRM; lutheran: DENY; reformed: DENY; baptist: DENY; methodist: QUALIFY; anabaptist: AFFIRM; pentecostal: QUALIFY
The songs of Mary and Zechariah demonstrate that the New Covenant is the direct historical continuation of the singular covenant of grace made with Abraham.
catholic: QUALIFY; anglican: AFFIRM; lutheran: AFFIRM; reformed: AFFIRM
The overarching theme of salvation in the prophetic canticles focuses primarily on the spiritual remission of sins rather than earthly political liberation.
anglican: QUALIFY; lutheran: AFFIRM; baptist: AFFIRM; methodist: QUALIFY; anabaptist: DENY

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Catholic

Luke opens with a formal historiographical prologue, establishing the narrative's grounding in eyewitness testimony and its purpose of providing certainty. The chapter then structures itself around a 'diptych' of parallel miraculous conceptions: John the Baptist and Jesus. The narrative highlights the contrast between the Old Testament priesthood, represented by Zechariah, and the dawn of the New Covenant in Mary. Zechariah asks for proof ('How shall I know this?') and is struck mute for his unbelief. Mary, conversely, asks a question regarding the mode of fulfillment ('How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?') and concludes with perfect submission ('Behold the handmaid of the Lord'). The chapter is punctuated by prophetic canticles—the Magnificat of Mary and the Benedictus of Zechariah—which declare that the ancient promises to Abraham and David are now being decisively fulfilled. Reception: This chapter is a primary scriptural locus for Catholic Mariology and Christology. The angel's greeting in verse 28, 'highly favored' or 'full of grace' (Greek: kecharitomene), is read not merely as a description of an event, but as a permanent, perfected state, providing the scriptural foundation for the dogma of the Immaculate Conception (Pius IX). Mary's question in verse 34 has been traditionally read by Latin Fathers, notably Augustine, as implying she had already made a vow of perpetual virginity. The Holy Spirit 'overshadowing' Mary in verse 35 (episkiasei) connects her to the Tabernacle of the Old Testament, a typological reading expanded during the Visitation (verses 39-45). Just as David leapt before the Ark of the Covenant as it travelled to the hill country of Judah, John the Baptist leaps before Mary. Elizabeth's declaration, 'the mother of my Lord' (verse 43), is viewed as the biblical basis for the title Theotokos (God-bearer), solemnly defined at the Council of Ephesus. Furthermore, Thomas Aquinas and the scholastic tradition argue that John's leaping in verse 41 marks the exact moment he was sanctified and cleansed from original sin in the womb. Eastern Catholic traditions, drawing heavily on Greek and Syriac Fathers like Ephrem the Syrian, emphasize the profound paradox of verse 35, marveling at Mary's womb becoming the 'container of the Uncontainable' and the true focal point where the divine and human natures unite.

Eastern Orthodox

Luke establishes his orderly account, rooting the narrative in the history of Israel. The chapter contrasts the disbelief of Zacharias with the faithful submission of Mary, framing the miraculous births of John the Baptist and Jesus as the dawn of the messianic age and the fulfillment of God's covenant with Abraham. The parallel annunciations highlight the transition from the Old Covenant, represented by the aging temple priest, to the New Covenant, inaugurated in the womb of a humble virgin. Reception: Eastern Orthodox theology reads this chapter fundamentally through the lens of the Incarnation and the dogmatic definition of Mary as Theotokos (God-bearer). The Council of Ephesus and subsequent patristic consensus heavily relied on Elizabeth's greeting in verse 43, 'the mother of my Lord', as scriptural validation for this title, as defended by Cyril of Alexandria against Nestorianism. The overshadowing of the Holy Spirit in verse 35 is approached apophatically; John of Damascus emphasizes that the exact mode of the uncreated Word taking flesh remains an ineffable mystery. Mary's response in verse 34 is interpreted by the Fathers as evidence of her perpetual virginity, while her unhesitating fiat in verse 38 is framed by Irenaeus of Lyons as the ultimate act of human synergia (cooperation) with God, marking her as the New Eve whose obedience untied the knot of the first Eve's disobedience.

Oriental Orthodox

Luke establishes the historical and ordered nature of his gospel before recounting dual miraculous conceptions: John the Baptist to the barren, elderly Elizabeth and Zacharias, and Jesus to the Virgin Mary. The narrative interweaves their stories through the angelic announcements of Gabriel, Zacharias's temporary muteness due to disbelief, Mary's obedient acceptance, and the profound meeting of the two mothers where the unborn John leaps in the womb. The chapter concludes with John's birth, the restoration of Zacharias's speech, and two major canticles of praise: Mary's Magnificat and Zacharias's Benedictus. Reception: The Oriental Orthodox communion reads Luke 1 as the foundational narrative of the Incarnation, intensely focused on the title Theotokos (Mother of God) defended at the Council of Ephesus. Cyril of Alexandria, in his Commentary on Luke, emphasizes Mary's role, contrasting her faithful assent with Zacharias's doubt. Severus of Antioch draws heavily on the angelic declaration that the Holy Spirit would 'overshadow' Mary to articulate the miaphysite Christology: the Word did not unite with a pre-existing human person, but took flesh animated by a rational soul directly from the Virgin's womb, forming one incarnate nature. In the Syriac tradition, Jacob of Serugh's metrical homilies expound on the Visitation, viewing John's leaping in the womb as the first prophetic witness to the Incarnate Word, and Mary as the new Ark of the Covenant carrying the uncontainable divine presence.

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WEB · World English Bible

¹Since many have undertaken to set in order a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us, ²even as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word delivered them to us, ³it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus; ⁴that you might know the certainty concerning the things in which you were instructed. ⁵There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. ⁶They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord. ⁷But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both were well advanced in years. ⁸Now while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his division ⁹according to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to enter into the temple of the Lord and burn incense. ¹⁰The whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense. ¹¹An angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense. ¹²Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him. ¹³But the angel said to him, “Don’t be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard. Your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. ¹⁴You will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth. ¹⁵For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb. ¹⁶He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God. ¹⁷He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to prepare a people prepared for the Lord.” ¹⁸Zacharias said to the angel, “How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years.” ¹⁹The angel answered him, “I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God. I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news. ²⁰Behold, you will be silent and not able to speak until the day that these things will happen, because you didn’t believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time.” ²¹The people were waiting for Zacharias, and they marveled that he delayed in the temple. ²²When he came out, he could not speak to them. They perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple. He continued making signs to them, and remained mute. ²³When the days of his service were fulfilled, he departed to his house. ²⁴After these days Elizabeth his wife conceived, and she hid herself five months, saying, ²⁵“Thus has the Lord done to me in the days in which he looked at me, to take away my reproach among men.” ²⁶Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, ²⁷to a virgin pledged to be married to a man whose name was Joseph, of David’s house. The virgin’s name was Mary. ²⁸Having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, you highly favored one! The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women!” ²⁹But when she saw him, she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered what kind of salutation this might be. ³⁰The angel said to her, “Don’t be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. ³¹Behold, you will conceive in your womb and give birth to a son, and shall name him ‘Jesus.’ ³²He 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, ³³and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. There will be no end to his Kingdom.” ³⁴Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, seeing I am a virgin?” ³⁵The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God. ³⁶Behold, Elizabeth your relative also has conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. ³⁷For nothing spoken by God is impossible.” ³⁸Mary said, “Behold, the servant of the Lord; let it be done to me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her. ³⁹Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah, ⁴⁰and entered into the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. ⁴¹When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. ⁴²She called out with a loud voice and said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! ⁴³Why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? ⁴⁴For behold, when the voice of your greeting came into my ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy! ⁴⁵Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord!” ⁴⁶Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord. ⁴⁷My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior, ⁴⁸for he has looked at the humble state of his servant. For behold, from now on, all generations will call me blessed. ⁴⁹For he who is mighty has done great things for me. Holy is his name. ⁵⁰His mercy is for generations and generations on those who fear him. ⁵¹He has shown strength with his arm. He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. ⁵²He has put down princes from their thrones, and has exalted the lowly. ⁵³He has filled the hungry with good things. He has sent the rich away empty. ⁵⁴He has given help to Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy, ⁵⁵as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and his offspring forever.” ⁵⁶Mary stayed with her about three months, and then returned to her house. ⁵⁷Now the time that Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled, and she gave birth to a son. ⁵⁸Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy toward her, and they rejoiced with her. ⁵⁹On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of his father. ⁶⁰His mother answered, “Not so; but he will be called John.” ⁶¹They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name.” ⁶²They made signs to his father, what he would have him called. ⁶³He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, “His name is John.” They all marveled. ⁶⁴His mouth was opened immediately and his tongue freed, and he spoke, blessing God. ⁶⁵Fear came on all who lived around them, and all these sayings were talked about throughout all the hill country of Judea. ⁶⁶All who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, “What then will this child be?” The hand of the Lord was with him. ⁶⁷His father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying, ⁶⁸“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people; ⁶⁹and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David ⁷⁰(as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets who have been from of old), ⁷¹salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us; ⁷²to show mercy toward our fathers, to remember his holy covenant, ⁷³the oath which he swore to Abraham our father, ⁷⁴to grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, should serve him without fear, ⁷⁵in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life. ⁷⁶And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways, ⁷⁷to give knowledge of salvation to his people by the remission of their sins, ⁷⁸because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the dawn from on high will visit us, ⁷⁹to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; to guide our feet into the way of peace.” ⁸⁰The child was growing and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

KJV · King James Version

¹Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, ²Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word; ³It 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, ⁴That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed. ⁵There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. ⁶And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. ⁷And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years. ⁸And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his course, ⁹According to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord. ¹⁰And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of incense. ¹¹And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense. ¹²And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him. ¹³But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. ¹⁴And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth. ¹⁵For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb. ¹⁶And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God. ¹⁷And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. ¹⁸And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years. ¹⁹And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings. ²⁰And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season. ²¹And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple. ²²And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned unto them, and remained speechless. ²³And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of his ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house. ²⁴And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying, ²⁵Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men. ²⁶And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, ²⁷To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. ²⁸And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. ²⁹And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be. ³⁰And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. ³¹And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. ³²He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: ³³And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end. ³⁴Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? ³⁵And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. ³⁶And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren. ³⁷For with God nothing shall be impossible. ³⁸And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her. ³⁹And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda; ⁴⁰And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth. ⁴¹And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost: ⁴²And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. ⁴³And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? ⁴⁴For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. ⁴⁵And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord. ⁴⁶And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, ⁴⁷And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. ⁴⁸For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. ⁴⁹For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name. ⁵⁰And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation. ⁵¹He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. ⁵²He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree. ⁵³He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away. ⁵⁴He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy; ⁵⁵As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever. ⁵⁶And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own house. ⁵⁷Now Elisabeth’s full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son. ⁵⁸And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her. ⁵⁹And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father. ⁶⁰And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John. ⁶¹And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name. ⁶²And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called. ⁶³And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all. ⁶⁴And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God. ⁶⁵And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judea. ⁶⁶And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him. ⁶⁷And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying, ⁶⁸Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people, ⁶⁹And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; ⁷⁰As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began: ⁷¹That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us; ⁷²To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; ⁷³The oath which he sware to our father Abraham, ⁷⁴That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear, ⁷⁵In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life. ⁷⁶And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways; ⁷⁷To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins, ⁷⁸Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, ⁷⁹To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. ⁸⁰And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.

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v1 [lexical]: choice of causal conjunction — “Forasmuch as” (KJV, ASV, DARBY, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “Since” (WEB) vs “Seeing that” (YLT)
v1 [lexical]: phrasing for taking up a task — “have taken in hand” (KJV, ASV, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “undertaken” (WEB, DARBY) vs “did take” (YLT)
v3 [grammatical]: phrasing of direction and manner — “to” (YLT, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “unto thee in order” (KJV, ASV) vs “to you” (WEB) vs “to with method” (DARBY)
v4 [grammatical]: modal verb form — “thou mightest” (KJV, ASV, DARBY) vs “mayest” (YLT, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “you might” (WEB)
v5 [grammatical]: phrasing of a name — “named Zacharias” (WEB, KJV, ASV, WEBSTER) vs “by name” (YLT, DARBY) vs “Zachary” (DRC)
v5 [lexical]: translation of priestly division — “course” (KJV, ASV, YLT, DARBY, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “priestly division” (WEB)
v5 [grammatical]: sentence boundaries and conjunctions — “Abia and his” (KJV, DARBY, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “Abijah He had a” (WEB, ASV) vs “Abijah” (YLT)
v6 [lexical]: translation of righteous or just — “righteous” (WEB, KJV, ASV, YLT, WEBSTER) vs “just” (DARBY, DRC)
v6 [lexical]: translation of walking or blamelessly — “walking” (KJV, ASV, DARBY, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “blamelessly” (WEB) vs “going on” (YLT)
v6 [lexical]: translation of ordinances or righteousnesses — “ordinances” (WEB, KJV, ASV, DARBY, WEBSTER) vs “righteousnesses” (YLT) vs “justifications” (DRC)
v7 [lexical]: choice of conjunction — “And” (KJV, ASV, YLT, DARBY, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “But” (WEB)
v7 [lexical]: (vv 7, 18) phrasing for old age — “advanced” (WEB, YLT, DRC) vs “now well stricken” (KJV, ASV) vs “both advanced” (DARBY) vs “far advanced” (WEBSTER)
v8 [lexical]: phrasing for priestly course or division — “course” (KJV, ASV, DARBY, WEBSTER) vs “before God” (YLT, DRC) vs “division” (WEB)
v10 [lexical]: without versus outside — “without” (KJV, ASV, YLT, DARBY, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “outside” (WEB)
v10 [lexical]: hour versus time — “hour” (WEB, ASV, YLT, DARBY, DRC) vs “time” (KJV, WEBSTER)
v13 [stylistic]: (vv 13, 18, 19, 22, 30, 43, 61) to versus unto — “to” (WEB, DARBY, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “unto” (KJV, ASV, YLT)
v13 [grammatical]: pronoun form — “and thy” (KJV, ASV, YLT, DARBY, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “Your” (WEB)
v13 [grammatical]: auxiliary verb choice — “Elisabeth shall” (KJV, ASV, YLT, WEBSTER) vs “Elizabeth” (DARBY, DRC) vs “Elizabeth will” (WEB)
v13 [grammatical]: (vv 13, 30, 31, 42, 76) archaic versus modern pronoun — “thou shalt” (KJV, ASV, YLT, DARBY, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “you shall” (WEB)
v14 [lexical]: gladness versus rejoicing — “gladness” (WEB, KJV, ASV, YLT, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “rejoicing” (DARBY)
v14 [lexical]: phrasing for birth or nativity — “birth” (WEB, KJV, ASV, DARBY, WEBSTER) vs “shall joy” (YLT) vs “nativity” (DRC)
v15 [grammatical]: (vv 15, 17, 32, 33, 60) shall versus will — “shall” (KJV, ASV, YLT, DARBY, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “will” (WEB)
v15 [lexical]: in the sight of versus before — “in the sight of” (WEB, KJV, ASV, WEBSTER) vs “before” (YLT, DARBY, DRC)
v16 [grammatical]: phrasing for turning the children — “And” (KJV, ASV, YLT, DARBY, WEBSTER) vs “He will turn” (WEB) vs “he shall convert” (DRC)
v16 [lexical]: children versus sons — “children” (WEB, KJV, ASV, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “sons” (YLT, DARBY)
v17 [lexical]: him versus his face — “him” (WEB, KJV, YLT, DARBY, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “his face” (ASV)
v17 [grammatical]: phrasing involving Elijah and conjunction — “Elijah” (WEB, ASV, YLT, WEBSTER) vs “Elias to” (KJV, DARBY) vs “that he may” (DRC)
v17 [lexical]: disobedient versus incredulous — “the disobedient” (WEB, KJV, ASV, WEBSTER) vs “ones” (YLT, DARBY) vs “incredulous” (DRC)
v17 [lexical]: wisdom versus thoughts — “wisdom” (WEB, KJV, ASV, YLT, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “thoughts” (DARBY)
v17 [lexical]: the just versus righteous ones — “the just” (WEB, KJV, ASV, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “righteous ones” (YLT) vs “men” (DARBY)
v18 [grammatical]: phrasing for a question — “angel Whereby shall” (KJV, ASV, DRC) vs “How can” (WEB) vs “messenger” (YLT) vs “How” (DARBY) vs “By what” (WEBSTER)
v18 [lexical]: know versus be sure of — “know” (KJV, ASV, YLT, DARBY, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “be sure of” (WEB)
v19 [grammatical]: phrasing of the angel's answer — “to” (DARBY, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “angel answering said unto” (KJV, ASV) vs “answered” (WEB) vs “messenger to” (YLT)
v19 [grammatical]: verb tense for being sent — “I was” (WEB, ASV, YLT) vs “and am” (KJV, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “I have been” (DARBY)
v20 [grammatical]: interjection and pronoun phrasing — “And behold thou shalt” (KJV, ASV, DARBY, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “you will” (WEB) vs “lo” (YLT)
v20 [lexical]: silent versus dumb — “silent” (WEB, ASV, YLT, DARBY) vs “dumb” (KJV, WEBSTER, DRC)
v20 [stylistic]: until versus till — “until” (WEB, KJV, ASV, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “till” (YLT, DARBY)
v20 [grammatical]: (vv 20, 36) relative pronoun phrase — “that” (WEB, KJV, ASV, YLT, WEBSTER) vs “in which” (DARBY) vs “wherein” (DRC)
v20 [lexical]: phrasing for coming to pass — “come to pass” (ASV, YLT, DRC) vs “shall be performed” (KJV, WEBSTER) vs “will happen” (WEB) vs “take place” (DARBY)
v20 [grammatical]: tense and phrasing of believing — “thou believest not” (KJV, WEBSTER) vs “hast believed” (DARBY, DRC) vs “you didn’t believe” (WEB) vs “believedst” (ASV) vs “didst believe” (YLT)
v20 [grammatical]: relative pronoun and auxiliary — “which shall” (KJV, ASV, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “will” (WEB) vs “that” (YLT) vs “the” (DARBY)
v20 [lexical]: season versus time — “season” (KJV, ASV, YLT, WEBSTER) vs “time” (DARBY, DRC) vs “proper time” (WEB)
v21 [grammatical]: continuous aspect and object phrasing — “were waiting” (WEB, ASV, YLT) vs “waited for Zacharias” (KJV, WEBSTER) vs “were awaiting” (DARBY) vs “were waiting Zachary” (DRC)
v22 [lexical]: perceived versus recognized — “perceived” (WEB, KJV, ASV, YLT, WEBSTER) vs “recognised” (DARBY) vs “understood” (DRC)
v22 [grammatical]: phrasing for making signs — “continued making signs to” (WEB) vs “beckoned unto” (KJV) vs “continued making signs” (ASV) vs “was beckoning to” (YLT) vs “was making signs to” (DARBY) vs “to” (WEBSTER) vs “made signs to” (DRC)
v22 [lexical]: speechless versus dumb or mute — “remained speechless” (KJV, WEBSTER) vs “dumb” (ASV, DRC) vs “mute” (WEB) vs “did remain dumb” (YLT) vs “continued dumb” (DARBY)
v23 [lexical]: service versus ministration — “service” (WEB, YLT, DARBY) vs “ministration” (KJV, ASV, WEBSTER) vs “office” (DRC)
v23 [lexical]: fulfilled versus accomplished — “fulfilled” (WEB, ASV, YLT) vs “accomplished” (KJV, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “completed” (DARBY)
v23 [lexical]: departed versus went away — “departed to” (WEB, KJV, DARBY, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “unto” (ASV) vs “went away” (YLT)
v24 [grammatical]: (vv 24, 39) demonstrative pronoun choice — “those” (KJV, YLT, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “these” (WEB, ASV, DARBY)
v24 [grammatical]: phrasing of hiding or seclusion — “hid” (KJV, YLT, DARBY, DRC) vs “she” (WEB, ASV) vs “secluded” (WEBSTER)
v25 [lexical]: done to versus dealt with — “done to” (WEB, YLT, DARBY) vs “dealt with” (KJV, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “done unto” (ASV)
v25 [grammatical]: in which versus wherein — “in which” (WEB, YLT, DARBY, WEBSTER) vs “wherein” (KJV, ASV, DRC)
v25 [lexical]: phrasing for looking upon — “upon” (ASV, YLT, DARBY) vs “looked on me” (KJV, WEBSTER) vs “at” (WEB) vs “hath had regard” (DRC)
v26 [lexical]: conjunction choice — “And” (KJV, YLT, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “Now” (WEB, ASV) vs “But” (DARBY)
v26 [grammatical]: (vv 26, 36, 39, 55, 71, 77) preposition choice — “from” (WEB, KJV, ASV, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “by” (YLT) vs “of” (DARBY)
v27 [lexical]: espoused versus betrothed — “espoused” (KJV, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “betrothed” (ASV, YLT, DARBY) vs “pledged” (WEB)
v27 [grammatical]: genitive phrasing — “the” (KJV, ASV, YLT, DARBY, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “David’s” (WEB)
v29 [lexical]: saying versus word — “his saying” (KJV, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “the” (WEB, ASV) vs “word” (YLT, DARBY)
v29 [grammatical]: modal verb choice — “should” (KJV, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “might” (WEB, ASV) vs “salutation may” (YLT) vs “salutation might” (DARBY)
v30 [grammatical]: phrasing of fear not — “Fear not” (KJV, ASV, YLT, DARBY, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “Don’t be afraid” (WEB)
v30 [lexical]: favor versus grace — “favor” (WEB, ASV, WEBSTER) vs “favour” (KJV, YLT, DARBY) vs “grace” (DRC)
v31 [lexical]: phrasing for giving birth — “bring forth” (KJV, ASV, WEBSTER) vs “shalt” (YLT, DRC) vs “give birth to” (WEB) vs “bear” (DARBY)
v32 [lexical]: Highest versus Most High — “Most High” (WEB, ASV, DRC) vs “Highest and” (KJV, DARBY, WEBSTER) vs “he shall be called” (YLT)
v33 [grammatical]: phrasing of negation — “no” (WEB, KJV, ASV, YLT, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “an” (DARBY)
v34 [grammatical]: phrasing for saying to someone — “said to” (WEB, DARBY, DRC) vs “said” (ASV, YLT) vs “unto” (KJV) vs “to” (WEBSTER)
v34 [grammatical]: shall versus can — “shall” (KJV, ASV, YLT, DARBY, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “can” (WEB)
v34 [lexical]: phrasing for knowing a man — “seeing” (WEB, KJV, ASV, WEBSTER) vs “a husband” (YLT) vs “since” (DARBY) vs “done because” (DRC)
v35 [lexical]: (vv 35, 41, 67) Spirit versus Ghost — “Spirit” (ASV, YLT, DARBY) vs “Spirit will” (WEB, WEBSTER) vs “Ghost shall” (KJV, DRC)
v35 [grammatical]: preposition and pronoun choice — “upon thee” (KJV, ASV, YLT, DARBY, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “on you” (WEB)
v38 [lexical]: handmaid versus servant — “handmaid” (KJV, ASV, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “servant” (WEB) vs “maid-servant” (YLT) vs “bondmaid” (DARBY)
v38 [grammatical]: be versus let — “be” (KJV, ASV, DARBY, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “let” (WEB, YLT)
v38 [grammatical]: phrasing of application to oneself — “unto” (KJV, ASV) vs “to” (DARBY, WEBSTER) vs “be done to” (WEB) vs “be to” (YLT) vs “done to” (DRC)
v38 [grammatical]: phrasing for according to your word — “thy word And” (KJV, ASV, DARBY, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “your Then” (WEB) vs “saying” (YLT)
v39 [grammatical]: participle versus finite verb — “arose” (WEB, KJV, ASV, WEBSTER) vs “rising up” (DARBY, DRC) vs “having arisen” (YLT)
v39 [lexical]: variation of place name — “Judah” (WEB, ASV, DARBY, WEBSTER) vs “Juda” (KJV, DRC) vs “Judea” (YLT)
v40 [lexical]: greeted versus saluted — “saluted Elisabeth” (KJV, ASV, YLT, WEBSTER) vs “Elizabeth” (DARBY, DRC) vs “greeted Elizabeth” (WEB)
v41 [grammatical]: genitive construction — “the salutation of Mary” (KJV, ASV, YLT, DARBY, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “Mary’s greeting” (WEB)
v41 [lexical]: babe versus baby and verb phrasing — “babe leaped” (KJV, ASV, DARBY, WEBSTER) vs “baby” (WEB) vs “did leap” (YLT) vs “infant” (DRC)
v42 [lexical]: voice versus cry — “voice” (WEB, KJV, YLT, DARBY, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “cry” (ASV)
v42 [grammatical]: word order and preposition — “art thou among” (KJV, ASV, YLT, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “are you” (WEB) vs “amongst” (DARBY)
v44 [grammatical]: phrasing of when or as soon as — “behold when” (WEB, ASV) vs “lo as soon as” (KJV, WEBSTER) vs “behold” (DARBY, DRC) vs “when” (YLT)
v46 [grammatical]: auxiliary verb doth versus verb suffix — “doth magnify” (KJV, ASV, YLT, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “magnifies” (WEB, DARBY)
v47 [grammatical]: tense and preposition for rejoiced — “hath rejoiced in” (KJV, ASV, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “has” (WEB, DARBY) vs “was glad on” (YLT)
v48 [lexical]: (vv 48, 68) For versus Because — “For” (WEB, KJV, ASV, DARBY, WEBSTER) vs “Because” (YLT, DRC)
v48 [lexical]: regarded versus looked at — “hath regarded” (KJV, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “has looked at” (WEB) vs “looked upon” (ASV) vs “looked on” (YLT) vs “has looked upon” (DARBY)
v48 [lexical]: low estate versus humble state — “low estate” (KJV, ASV, DARBY, WEBSTER) vs “humble state” (WEB) vs “lowliness” (YLT) vs “humility” (DRC)
v48 [lexical]: handmaiden versus servant — “handmaiden” (KJV, WEBSTER) vs “handmaid” (ASV, DRC) vs “servant” (WEB) vs “maid-servant” (YLT) vs “bondmaid” (DARBY)
v49 [grammatical]: phrasing of he that is — “For he that is” (KJV, ASV, WEBSTER) vs “who” (WEB, YLT) vs “the” (DARBY) vs “Because” (DRC)
v49 [grammatical]: phrasing of for me or to me — “and” (KJV, ASV, YLT, DARBY, WEBSTER) vs “for me” (WEB) vs “to me” (DRC)
v51 [lexical]: phrasing for showing strength — “has shown” (WEB) vs “hath shewed strength with” (KJV) vs “showed” (ASV) vs “did powerfully” (YLT) vs “has wrought” (DARBY) vs “shown” (WEBSTER) vs “might in” (DRC)
v51 [lexical]: the proud versus haughty ones — “the proud” (WEB, KJV, ASV, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “abroad” (YLT) vs “haughty ones” (DARBY)
v51 [lexical]: imagination versus thought — “imagination” (WEB, KJV, ASV, WEBSTER) vs “thought” (YLT, DARBY) vs “conceit” (DRC)
v51 [grammatical]: (vv 51, 66) singular versus plural for heart — “heart” (ASV, YLT, DARBY, DRC) vs “hearts” (WEB, KJV, WEBSTER)
v52 [grammatical]: hath put versus has — “hath put” (KJV, ASV, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “has” (WEB, DARBY) vs “brought” (YLT)
v52 [lexical]: mighty versus princes — “the mighty” (KJV, YLT, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “princes” (WEB, ASV) vs “rulers” (DARBY)
v52 [lexical]: thrones versus seats — “thrones” (WEB, ASV, YLT, DARBY) vs “their seats” (KJV, WEBSTER) vs “seat” (DRC)
v52 [lexical]: lowly versus humble — “the lowly” (WEB, YLT, DARBY) vs “them of low degree” (KJV, ASV, WEBSTER) vs “the humble” (DRC)
v55 [grammatical]: verb choice and preposition — “spoke” (WEB, DARBY, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “unto” (ASV, YLT) vs “spake to” (KJV)
v55 [lexical]: seed versus offspring — “seed for ever” (KJV, ASV, DARBY, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “offspring forever” (WEB) vs “to the age” (YLT)
v56 [lexical]: abode versus stayed — “abode” (KJV, ASV, DARBY, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “stayed” (WEB) vs “remained” (YLT)
v56 [grammatical]: phrasing for returned — “returned to” (KJV, DARBY, WEBSTER) vs “then” (WEB) vs “unto” (ASV) vs “turned back” (YLT) vs “she” (DRC)
v57 [lexical]: brought forth versus gave birth — “brought forth” (KJV, ASV, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “gave birth to” (WEB, DARBY) vs “bare” (YLT)
v58 [grammatical]: inclusion of conjunction and pronoun — “neighbors” (WEB, ASV, WEBSTER) vs “And her neighbours” (KJV, DARBY, DRC) vs “the” (YLT)
v58 [lexical]: cousins versus kinsfolk — “her cousins” (KJV, WEBSTER) vs “kinsfolk” (ASV, DARBY) vs “relatives” (WEB) vs “kindred” (YLT) vs “kinsfolks” (DRC)
v58 [grammatical]: that versus how — “that” (WEB, ASV, YLT, DARBY, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “how” (KJV)
v58 [grammatical]: rejoiced versus congratulated — “rejoiced” (WEB, KJV, ASV, DARBY, WEBSTER) vs “were rejoicing” (YLT) vs “congratulated” (DRC)
v59 [grammatical]: phrasing for naming after the father — “father” (WEB, KJV, ASV, WEBSTER) vs “Zacharias” (YLT, DARBY) vs “father’s name Zachary” (DRC)
v62 [grammatical]: what versus how — “what” (WEB, ASV, YLT) vs “how” (KJV, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “as to what” (DARBY)
v63 [lexical]: tablet versus writing table — “tablet” (WEB, ASV) vs “writing table and” (KJV) vs “tablet he” (YLT) vs “writing-table he” (DARBY) vs “writing-table” (WEBSTER) vs “he” (DRC)
v64 [grammatical]: phrasing of speaking and blessing — “spoke blessing” (WEB, DRC) vs “blessing” (ASV, DARBY) vs “spake and praised” (KJV) vs “was speaking praising” (YLT) vs “spoke” (WEBSTER)
v65 [stylistic]: on versus upon — “on” (WEB, KJV, ASV, WEBSTER) vs “upon” (YLT, DARBY, DRC)
v65 [grammatical]: sentence restructuring — “hill country” (WEB, KJV, ASV, DRC) vs “hill-country” (YLT, WEBSTER) vs “subject” (DARBY)
v66 [grammatical]: phrasing of the rhetorical question — “then will” (WEB, DARBY) vs “then” (ASV, YLT) vs “manner of child shall” (KJV) vs “will” (WEBSTER) vs “an one think ye” (DRC)
v67 [grammatical]: auxiliary did versus suffix — “prophesied” (WEB, KJV, ASV, DARBY, WEBSTER) vs “did prophesy” (YLT) vs “he” (DRC)
v68 [lexical]: phrasing for visited — “hath visited” (KJV, ASV, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “has” (WEB, DARBY) vs “did look upon” (YLT)
v68 [grammatical]: phrasing for redeemed — “redeemed” (WEB, KJV, WEBSTER) vs “wrought redemption for” (ASV, YLT, DARBY) vs “wrought the redemption of” (DRC)
v69 [grammatical]: phrasing for raised up a horn — “a” (ASV, DARBY, WEBSTER) vs “hath raised up an” (KJV, DRC) vs “has a” (WEB) vs “did raise” (YLT)
v69 [lexical]: salvation versus deliverance — “salvation for” (WEB, KJV, ASV, WEBSTER) vs “to” (YLT, DRC) vs “deliverance” (DARBY)
v71 [grammatical]: relative clause versus participle — “that hate” (KJV, ASV, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “who” (WEB, DARBY) vs “hating” (YLT)
v72 [lexical]: covenant versus testament — “covenant” (WEB, KJV, ASV, YLT, DARBY, WEBSTER) vs “testament” (DRC)
v73 [grammatical]: phrasing for swearing an oath — “swore Abraham” (WEB, DARBY, DRC) vs “sware to” (KJV) vs “unto Abraham” (ASV) vs “Abraham” (YLT) vs “swore” (WEBSTER)
v75 [lexical]: holiness versus piety — “holiness” (WEB, KJV, ASV, YLT, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “piety” (DARBY)
v75 [lexical]: righteousness versus justice — “righteousness” (WEB, KJV, ASV, YLT, DARBY, WEBSTER) vs “justice” (DRC)
v75 [lexical]: life versus days — “life” (WEB, KJV, YLT, WEBSTER) vs “days” (ASV, DARBY, DRC)
v76 [grammatical]: word order of Highest and verb — “Highest” (KJV, DARBY, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “Most High” (WEB, ASV) vs “Shalt thou be called” (YLT)
v76 [lexical]: prepare versus make ready — “prepare” (WEB, KJV, YLT, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “make ready” (ASV, DARBY)
v77 [grammatical]: phrasing for giving salvation — “to” (WEB, YLT, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “salvation unto” (KJV, ASV) vs “deliverance to” (DARBY)
v78 [lexical]: through versus because of — “Through” (KJV, YLT, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “because of” (WEB, ASV) vs “on account of” (DARBY)
v78 [lexical]: tender mercy versus bowels of mercy — “tender mercy” (WEB, KJV, ASV, WEBSTER) vs “mercies” (YLT) vs “bowels of” (DARBY) vs “bowels of the” (DRC)
v78 [grammatical]: by which versus whereby — “by which” (WEB, WEBSTER) vs “whereby” (KJV, ASV) vs “In which” (YLT, DRC) vs “wherein” (DARBY)
v78 [lexical]: dayspring versus dawn — “dayspring” (KJV, ASV, DARBY, WEBSTER) vs “dawn” (WEB) vs “rising” (YLT) vs “Orient” (DRC)
v78 [grammatical]: verb tense and phrasing for visited — “hath visited” (KJV, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “will visit” (WEB) vs “shall visit” (ASV) vs “did look upon” (YLT) vs “has” (DARBY)
v79 [lexical]: guide versus direct — “guide” (WEB, KJV, ASV, YLT, DARBY, WEBSTER) vs “direct” (DRC)
v80 [grammatical]: verb aspect — “grew” (KJV, ASV, YLT, DARBY, WEBSTER, DRC) vs “was growing” (WEB)
v80 [lexical]: phrasing for becoming strong — “was strengthened” (YLT, DARBY, DRC) vs “waxed strong” (KJV, ASV) vs “becoming” (WEB) vs “became” (WEBSTER)
v80 [grammatical]: until versus till and pluralization — “deserts till” (KJV, ASV, YLT, WEBSTER) vs “until” (DARBY, DRC) vs “desert until” (WEB)
v80 [lexical]: showing versus manifestation — “shewing unto” (KJV, YLT) vs “public appearance to” (WEB) vs “showing” (ASV) vs “to” (DARBY) vs “showing to” (WEBSTER) vs “manifestation to” (DRC)

Mafundisho kuhusu Luka 1

Mafundisho halisi kuhusu sura hii, yaliyochapishwa na kila mapokeo yenyewe na kukaguliwa moja kwa moja — ni viungo vya kazi za watu wengine, si uidhinishaji.

Catholic

Eastern Orthodox

Oriental Orthodox

Lutheran

Anglican / Episcopal

Presbyterian / Reformed

Baptist

Anabaptist / Mennonite

Methodist / Wesleyan

Pentecostal / Charismatic

Seventh-day Adventist

videoSABBATH SERMON: Highly favoured | Luke 1:28Seventh-Day Adventist Church Crater NakuruA Sabbath sermon focused on the angelic greeting to Mary in Luke 1:28, exploring what it means to be highly favored by God.

Churches of Christ / Restorationist

Latter-day Saint (LDS)

Messianic Judaism

videoLuke 1 | Part 1 | The Gospel of Luke | A verse-by-verse Bible StudyLoveIsrael.org (Dr. Baruch Korman)A verse-by-verse Messianic Jewish exposition of the first chapter of Luke, focusing on Zacharias, Elizabeth, and the prophetic identity of the Messiah.

Academic (historical-critical)

Non-denominational Evangelical

Nyuma ya ukurasa huu

Matini asilia. Greek (TAGNT, public-domain critical text). Greek text provided (resembling NA28/UBS5 critical edition).

Majina ya kiungu: Theos (God), Kyrios (Lord).

Yaliyorejelewa pia, lakini hayakuhesabiwa katika makubaliano

Academic textual-historical analysis

The chapter opens with a formal methodological prologue (verses 1-4) in which the author declares the intent to compile an orderly narrative, acknowledging reliance on prior traditions and eyewitnesses. The text then transitions into a narrative set in Herod's Judea, detailing two parallel angelic annunciations of miraculous conceptions: first, to the elderly priest Zacharias regarding John (verses 5-25), and second, to the virgin Mary regarding Jesus (verses 26-38). The chapter proceeds to describe Mary's visit to Elizabeth (verses 39-56) and the subsequent birth, naming, and circumcision of John (verses 57-80). The narrative is interspersed with poetic declarations and canticles that interpret these events as the fulfillment of ancestral covenants and divine promises to Abraham and David.

Jewish interpretation

The narrative opens in late Second Temple Judea during the reign of Herod, detailing the priestly duties of Zechariah from the division of Abijah. It describes the offering of incense in the sanctuary while the congregation prays outside. The text constructs a birth narrative deeply rooted in Hebrew Bible archetypes: a righteous but barren older couple receives divine assurance of a child, and a younger woman receives a parallel prophecy. The anticipated child, John, is explicitly framed as a prophetic forerunner in the spirit of Elijah. The chapter emphasizes Jewish observances, including the eighth-day circumcision and naming of the child, and culminates in poetic declarations that echo the covenantal promises made to Abraham and the house of David.

Latter-day Saint

Luke 1 establishes the historical and theological foundation for the New Testament by recounting the miraculous conceptions of John the Baptist and Jesus Christ. Set within the context of Second Temple Judaism and Aaronic priesthood duties, the narrative details the angel Gabriel's appearances to Zacharias and Mary, culminating in prophetic declarations (the Magnificat and the Benedictus) that celebrate God's faithfulness to His covenant with Israel and the imminent arrival of the Davidic Messiah.

Jehovah's Witnesses

Luke 1 details the orderly narrative of the angelic announcements to Zechariah and Mary, promising the births of John the Baptist and Jesus. It includes the visit between the two expectant mothers, their expressions of praise to God, the birth of John, and Zechariah's prophetic blessing.

Chaguzi za tafsiri zilizofanywa na NCB (23)

v1: "Since indeed" — Accurately reflects the complex Greek particle compound Ἐπειδήπερ introducing the formal period.
v3: "to you an orderly account" — Renders the adverbial alliteration and maintains the grammatical object clearly in contemporary syntax.
v4: "the certainty" — Preserves ambiguity regarding whether the prologue implies verifiable empirical proof or narrative assurance, a disputed claim among traditions.
v5: "priestly division" — Clarifies the archaic 'course' into an understandable modern description of the temple service rotation.
v6: "God / the Lord" — Systematically distinguishes the divine titles Theos and Kyrios according to the mapping instructions.
v6: "requirements" — Avoids anachronistic systematic theological terms and remains neutral on whether Zechariah's obedience strictly belonged to the Old Covenant economy, a disputed claim.
v7: "advanced in their days" — Preserves the specific Greek plural idiom strictly without flattening to the standard English 'years'.
v10: "hour of the incense burning" — Reflects the cognate relationship between the noun here and the verb in verse 9.
v13: "your petition" — Conveys the Greek term for a personal entreaty or specific need without relying on archaic vocabulary.
v18: "By what will I know this?" — Accurately translates the prepositional interrogative phrase without smoothing it into a simple 'How'.
v28: "favored one" — Maintains the cognate connection to grace while refusing to settle the disputed claim that the title implies a permanent state of preservation from original sin.
v32: "Most High" — Applies standard capitalization and title recognition for the divine name across the rendering.
v33: "for eternity" — Conveys the plural definite article construction designating endless ages accurately in modern English.
v35: "overshadow" — Maintains the traditional rendering that remains entirely neutral on the exact mechanism of the hypostatic union, keeping the disputed theology open.
v38: "let it be done to me" — Maintains a posture of receptive permission that does not force a resolution between absolute passive submission and active human cooperation, both of which are disputed.
v46: "Mary" — Rejects the Old Latin variant in favor of the overwhelming manuscript evidence attributing the Magnificat to Mary.
v47: "Savior" — Capitalized as a divine title, leaving unresolved the disputed claim that this necessitates Mary was personally a sinner in need of redemption.
v51: "intention of their heart" — Preserves the Greek's specific pairing of singular mind/intention and singular heart against the plural direct object.
v52: "rulers" — Uses a broad term that refuses to exclusively resolve if the reversal is a programmatic socio-political manifesto or primarily a spiritual metaphor.
v55: "to Abraham and to his offspring" — Literally tracks the paired definite articles defining the historical continuity of the covenant promises.
v77: "forgiveness of their sins" — Employs a standard modern equivalent that leaves open whether the overarching theme strictly limits itself to spiritual remission against earthly liberation, a disputed claim.
v78: "deep compassion" — Accurately conveys the intense visceral metaphor for mercy without using literalistic anatomy that is archaic in modern English idiom.
v80: "spirit" — Renders with lowercase to indicate the maturation of the human spirit of John, interpreting the phrase chronologically rather than as pneumatological title.

Mipaka inayofaa kujulikana

This is AI-generated and source-grounded, and it is approved by no community that holds these traditions.
The readings were produced in isolated calls that do not see one another. Isolation prevents anchoring; it does not make them independent witnesses.
The Nicene-Trinitarian boundary, and the decision not to seat non-denominational Evangelicalism separately (it is a cross-traditional movement already present within several voting profiles), are editorial choices.
The roster, the grouping into three families, and the rule that families (not seat counts) carry consensus all shape the result. A different roster would produce a different synthesis.
One profile cannot exhaust a tradition; the synthesis reflects what the profiles said, not everything the traditions hold.
The non-voting panels (Academic, Jewish) never vote; LDS and Jehovah's Witness readings are a comparative appendix only.
Any profiles excluded for this chapter after failing the audit are named on the page and removed from the eligible roster for it.
The rendering is unreviewed by any tradition, and every contested wording it settled is listed in Choices Made — where the text forced a decision, the decision is documented rather than hidden behind a claim of preserved ambiguity.

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