According To Luke

Luke 1:6 6 And they were both ( Zacharias and Elisabeth ) righteous ( relative, not absolute ) before God ( see lesson #1 at the end of chapter 1 ), walking ( conducting their daily lif e) in all the commandments ( the moral and ceremonial laws of God ) and ordinances ( regulations, especially priestly duties and ritual laws ) of the Lord ( Hebrew: Adonai = Lord/lord, Jehovah = LORD. Greek: Kyrios = both Lord/LORD ) blameless ( not sinless, but without reproach in keeping God

Luke 1:5 5 There was ( introduces a real historical setting ) in the days ( during the time period; approximately 7-4 B.C. ) of Herod ( Herod the Great, ruler appointed by Rome; known for cruelty and large building projects ) the king of Judaea ( formerly Judah, the southern kingdom after splitting with Israel; one of the original twelve tribes ), a certain priest ( a specific man among the thousands of priests ) named Zacharias ( meaning “Jehovah/Yahweh remembers”; fitting

Luke 1:1-4 1 Forasmuch ( since/because; introduces the reason Luke writes ) as many ( many individuals; likely early Christians, probably not Matthew, Mark, or John ) have taken in hand ( undertaken; attempted seriously ) to set forth in order ( to draw up; arrange systematically, not randomly, mostly chronologically but sometimes thematically ) a declaration (n arrative; orderly report ) of those things ( matters relating to Jesus Christ’s life, death, resurrection, etc. ) w