Luke 1:26 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 1:26

In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,

KJV

And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

A city of Galilee - As Joseph and Mary were both of the family of David, the patrimonial estate of which lay in Bethlehem, it seems as if the family residence should have been in that city, and not in Nazareth; for we find that, even after the return from the captivity, the several families went to reside in those cities to which they originally belonged. See Neh 11:3. But it is probable that the holy family removed to Galilee for fear of exciting the jealousy of Herod, who had usurped that throne to which they had an indisputable right.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἐν	En	In	G1722 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
τῷ	tō	the	G3588 →
μηνὶ	mēni	month	G3376 →
τῷ	tō	<the>	G3588 →
ἕκτῳ	hektō	sixth	G1623 →
ἀπεστάλη	apestalē	was sent	G649 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
ἄγγελος	angelos	angel	G32 →
Γαβριὴλ	Gabriēl	Gabriel	G1043 →
ἀπὸ	apo	by	G575 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
θεοῦ	theou	God	G2316 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
πόλιν	polin	a city	G4172 →
τῆς	tēs	<the>	G3588 →
Γαλιλαίας	Galilaias	of Galilee	G1056 →
ᾗ	hē	whose	G3739 →
ὄνομα	onoma	name [was]	G3686 →
Ναζαρὲθ	Nazareth	Nazareth	G3478 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 2:23
and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene.”
leads to
- Judges 13:5
  For behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. And no razor shall come over his head, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he will…
- John 1:45–46
  Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
Through
Luke 2:4
So Joseph also went up from Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, since he was from the house and line of David.
leads to
- Micah 5:2
  But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel—One whose origins are of old, from the days…
- John 7:42
  Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ will come from the line of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”
- 1 Samuel 16:1
  Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending…
Through
Luke 1:19
“I am Gabriel,” replied the angel. “I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.
leads to
- Matthew 18:10
  See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.
- Daniel 8:16
  And I heard the voice of a man calling from between the banks of the Ulai: “Gabriel, explain the vision to this man.”
- Daniel 9:21–23
  while I was still praying, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.

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