In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,
Parallel translations
- WEB Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to 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,
- NKJV Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth,
- NASB Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city in Galilee named Nazareth,
- NLT In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a village in Galilee,
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In Elizabeth's sixth month, God sent Gabriel to Nazareth in Galilee. The narrative turns to the greater announcement.
Overview
The same angel who spoke to Zacharias is now sent to an obscure town in Galilee. The timing links Elizabeth's pregnancy to the events about to unfold. God's choice of lowly Nazareth foreshadows his pattern of working through the humble.
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- Matt 2:23and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene.”
- 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.
- John 7:41Others declared, “This is the Christ.” But still others asked, “How can the Christ come from Galilee?
- John 1:45–46Philip 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.”
- Luke 2:4So 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.
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