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Luke 1:11

Angels and the spiritual world

9 he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense.

10 And at the hour of the incense offering, the whole congregation was praying outside.

Just then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.

12 When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and gripped with fear.

13 But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Just then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.
KJV
And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
WEB
An angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
ASV
And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of altar of incense.
DARBY
And an angel of [the] Lord appeared to him, standing on the right of the altar of incense.
BLB
And an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the altar of the incense.
ÅB
Da åpenbarte en Herrens engel seg for ham og sto på høyre side av røykoffer-alteret.
OTB
Da viste en Herrens engel seg for ham, plassert ved høyre side av røkelsesalteret.
B1930
Da åpenbarte en Herrens engel sig for ham og stod på høire side av røkoffer-alteret.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Exodus 40:26–27

    Moses placed the gold altar in the Tent of Meeting, in front of the veil,

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  • Acts 10:3–4

    One day at about the ninth hour, he had a clear vision of an angel of God who came to him and said, “Cornelius!”

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  • Judges 13:3

    The angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, “It is true that you are barren and have no children; but you will conceive and give birth to a son.

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  • Revelation 9:13

    Then the sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God

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  • Judges 13:9

    And God listened to the voice of Manoah, and the angel of God returned to the woman as she was sitting in the field; but her husband Manoah was not with her.

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  • Leviticus 16:13

    He is to put the incense on the fire before the LORD, and the cloud of incense will cover the mercy seat above the Testimony, so that he will not die.

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  • Luke 2:10

    But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid! For behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people:

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  • Exodus 30:1–10

    “You are also to make an altar of acacia wood for the burning of incense.

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