Luke 1:10 “And the whole multitude of the people was praying outside at the hour of incense.”    It seems the morning and evening hours of incense had become the expected hours of prayer. Indeed this was the practice to such an extent that the early church observed the same. Prayers are often compared to…

Luke 1:9 “according to the custom of the priesthood, his lot fell to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.”    This duty was considered a great privilege. To be able to go into the temple itself was special. This offering of incense was likely the one offered after the morning or…

Luke 1:8 “So it was, that while he was serving as priest before God in the order of his division,”    In 1 Chronicles 24 we read of the dividing of the courses of the priests by David, Zadok, and Ahimelech. There were sixteen courses of the sons of Eleazar and eight courses of the…

Luke 1:7 “But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well advanced in years.”    Miraculously supplying children to the barren and old seems to be one of God’s favorite things to do. And rightly so. These miracles remind us of the fact that all life comes from Him. He…

Luke 1:6 “And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.”    What a contrast this is! Much of the gospel accounts seem to put the law keepers against Christ and John the Baptist. Yet here the parents of the latter are said to be law…

Luke 1:5 “There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah. His wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.”    The death of Herod the Great, as he is called, and the birth of Christ occurred fairly close…

Luke 1:4 “that you may know the certainty of those things in which you were instructed.”    Since we do not know the age of Theophilus, is possible that he was instructed while young. In any case, it seems that, like Luke, he did not have any first-hand experience of the events of the Gospel.  …

Sunday and Monday’s devotions were accidentally from Acts 1:3-4 rather than Luke 1:3-4. And, of course, I had already done Luke 1:3 on Saturday. Tomorrow I will get back on track in Luke. I appreciate the fact that this was brought to my attention. It’s nice to know someone is reading this blog.

Luke 1:4 “And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, “which,” He said, “you have heard from Me;”    Who is this Promise? As we see it is the Holy Spirit. Though having Jesus right there with them was a…

Luke 1:3 “to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.”    The way Luke words this is very compelling. He writes this very complete and detailed narrative because he is absolutely…