Righteous before God (δικαιο εναντιον του θεου). Old Testament conception and idiom. Cf. 2:25 about Simeon. Expanded in Old Testam…

Commandments and ordinances.—The former word covered all the moral laws of the Pentateuch, the latter , its outward and ceremonia…

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…

And they were both righteous before God. He bestows on them a noble testimony: not only that among people they lived holy and upright live…

And they were both righteous before God
Not as the Pharisees, only righteous before men, but in the sight of God, wh…

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…