There was (εγενετο). Not the usual εν for "was," but there arose or came into notice. With this verse the literary Koine of…

There was in the days of Herod.—The writer begins, as he had promised, with the first facts in the divine order of events…

There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters …

St. John Chrysostom: St. Luke begins the history of his Gospel with Zechariah and the birth of John, recounting one marvelous …

As has already been said, the style of this section is different from the classical style of vv.1–4. Likewise, the method of dating differs from th…

Luke very properly begins his Gospel with John the Baptist, just as a person who was going to speak about the daylight would commence with the dawn…

There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea This was Herod, the son of Antipater, sometimes called Herod the Great,…

The father and mother of John the Baptist were sinners, as all are, and were justified and saved in the same way as others; but they were distingui…