Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE FORERUNNER. (Luke 1:5-25)
Herod—(See on Matthew 2:1).
course of Abia—or Abijah; the eighth of the twenty-four orders of courses into which David divided the priests (see I Chronicles 24:1, I Chronicles 24:4, I Chronicles 24:10). Of these courses only four returned after the captivity (Ezra 2:34-39), which were again subdivided into twenty-four—retaining the ancient name and order of each. They took the whole temple service for a week each.
his wife was of the daughters of Aaron—The priests might marry into any tribe, but "it was most commendable of all to marry one of the priests' line" [LIGHTFOOT].
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Luke 1:5:
Ezra 2:36-39
Nehemiah 7:39
Nehemiah 12:4
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