Luke 1:13 Explained in Context

Selected verse

Verse 13. But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.

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Quick Meaning

Read It With

Luke 1:5–1:25

Read Luke 1:13 with 1:5–1:25. Luke 1:13 records the speech or response at Luke 1:13 within Luke 1:5–1:25: “But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John”. The complete unit's controlling movement is: In Herod's days, priestly service, prayer, angelic announcement, Zechariah's doubt, imposed silence, and Elizabeth's conception introduce John as a Spirit-filled preparer of a people for the Lord.

Why This Verse Appears Here

Luke 1:13 records the speech or response at Luke 1:13 within Luke 1:5–1:25: “But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John”. This selected detail moves Luke 1:5–1:25 from its initiating question or action toward the unit's response and prepares Luke's next movement.

What Remains True

Luke 1:13 records the speech or response at Luke 1:13 within Luke 1:5–1:25: “But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John”. Read inside Luke 1:5–1:25, this contribution supports the unit's proportionate truth: In Herod's days, priestly service, prayer, angelic announcement, Zechariah's doubt, imposed silence, and Elizabeth's conception introduce John as a Spirit-filled preparer of a people for the Lord. Its use remains accountable to affected people and the unit's explicit boundary.

How It Can Shape Life

When teaching Luke 1:13, explain this exact contribution inside Luke 1:5–1:25, identify the unit's source-controlled uncertainty, and refuse this misuse before proposing action: This announcement does not blame infertile people, promise conception to every faithful couple, or authorize leaders to demand belief without scrutiny.

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Read Luke 1:5–1:25 — John's Birth Is Announced to Zechariah

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Biblical text

King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006

eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society

USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.

Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and coverage.

Exact location: Luke 1:5–1:25, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus

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Greek textual evidence

The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition

Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos

Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010

Supports: Greek wording and sentence relations; the edition is not treated as a complete apparatus.

Exact location: Faithlife SBLGNT official repository, data/sblgnt/text/Luke.txt, 1:5–1:25

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open translation and translator notes

NET Bible First Edition Notes: Luke

Biblical Studies Press

Biblical Studies Press, 2006

Supports: Verse-level translation, syntax, KJV-language clarification, historical notes, Synoptic parallels, and textual alternatives.

Exact location: NET Bible First Edition Luke PDF, exact tn/tc/sn entries attached to Luke 1:5–1:25

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