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7 But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well advanced in years.
8 So it was, that while he was serving as priest before God in the order of his division,
9 according to the custom of the priesthood,1 his lot fell ato burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.  
10 aAnd the whole multitude of the people was praying outside at the hour of incense.  
11 Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of athe altar of incense.  
12 And when Zacharias saw him, ahe was troubled, and fear fell upon him.  
13 But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your prayer is heard; and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and ayou shall call his name John.  
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Luke 1:9

His lot was (elaxe). Literally,

he obtained the lot. Second aorist active indicative of lagxanw, to obtain by lot, a very old verb from Homer on. It is used either with the genitive as here, or the accusative as in Acts 1:17; II Peter 1:1. Papyri show examples with the accusative. It was only once in a lifetime that a priest obtained the lot of going (eiselqwn, here nominative aorist active participle agreeing with the subject of elaxe) into the sanctuary (ton naon, not to ieron, the outer courts) and burning incense on the golden altar. "It was the great moment of Zacharias's life, and his heart was no doubt alert for the supernatural" (Ragg). The fortunate lot was "a white stone" to which Revelation 2:17 may refer.

Burn incense (tou qumiasai). Here only in the N.T. Occurs on inscriptions. Hobart finds it used by medical writers for fumigating herbs. "Ascending the steps to the Holy Place, the priests spread the coals on the golden altar, and arranged the incense, and the chief operating priest was then left alone within the Holy Place to await the signal of the president to burn the incense. It was probably at this time that the angel appeared to Zacharias" (Vincent).




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Luke 1:9:

John 19:24
Acts 1:17
Hebrews 7:5
2 Peter 1:1
Revelation 5:8

 

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