Luke Chapter 1, Verse 5
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5: εγενετο εν ταις ημεραις ηρωδου του βασιλεως της ιουδαιας ιερευς τις ονοματι ζαχαριας εξ εφημεριας αβια και η γυνη αυτου εκ των θυγατερων ααρων και το ονομα αυτης ελισαβετ
5: 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.
5: There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest
named Zachary, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters
of Aaron, and her name Elizabeth.
Introduction
Here begins Luke's narrative. The style is paratactic (clauses follow one another with no explicit subordination) like the Septuagint, and for that matter like the Hebrew Old Testament.
