Luke 1:8 (WEB)
Now while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his division
Fathers and councils · 8
Irenaeus of Lyons
“And again, speaking of Zacharias: “And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his course, according to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to burn incense;” and he came to sacrifice, “entering into the temple of the Lord.”” — editor's note: Luke i. 8, etc.
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Augustine of Hippo
“And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own house.” — editor's note: Luke i. 5–36.
Read the whole commentChapter IX.—Of the Question How It Can Be Shown that the Narrative of the Haul of Fishes Which Luke Has Given Us is Not to Be Identified with the Record of an Apparently Similar Incident Which John Has Reported…
Read the whole comment“For it is said also of Zacharias: “And it came to pass that, while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his course, according to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.”” — editor's note: Luke i. 8, 9.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- BedeCatena Aurea on Luke
The Lord appointed by the hand of Moses one High Priest, at whose death another was to succeed in due order. This was observed until the time of David, who by the command of the Lord increased the number of the…
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Zacharias seems here to be designated High Priest, because into the second tabernacle went the High Priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself and the sins of the people. (Heb. 9:7.)
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It was not by a new lot that he was chosen when the incense was to be burnt, but by the old lot, whereby according to the order of his Priesthood he succeeded in the course of Abia. It follows, And all the multitude…
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This then is that High Priest who is still sought by lot, for as yet the true High Priest is unknown; for he who is chosen by lot is not obtained by man’s judgment. That High Priest therefore was sought for, and…
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Cross-references · 1
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 1:8–10 (Catena Aurea).