
Bible chapter guide
Luke 1
Luke writes an orderly account for Theophilus. The angel Gabriel announces the birth of John to the priest Zechariah in the temple, and then the birth of Jesus to Mary in Nazareth. Mary visits Elizabeth and sings the Magnificat; John is born and Zechariah prophesies.
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- NazarethNazarethOpen
- The Biblical Family TreeMary · The Biblical Family TreeOpen
- The Biblical Family TreeElizabeth · The Biblical Family TreeOpen
- The Biblical Family TreeZechariah · The Biblical Family TreeOpen
- The Biblical Family TreeJohn · The Biblical Family TreeOpen
- The Bible Time MapJohn the Baptist · The Bible Time MapOpen
- The Temple MountThe Sanctuary · The Temple MountOpen
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First-century Nazareth lay beneath the old centre of the modern city, on the slope around the Basilica of the Annunciation.
The name continues at the same place, and excavations there have found houses, farming installations and tombs from the Roman period.