Luke 1:8 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

Now it happened that when Zacharias’ turn came in his division,

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his course,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Now while on duty, serving as priest before God in the order of his division,

American Standard Version (1901)

Now it came to pass, while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his course,

Common English Bible

One day Zechariah was serving as a priest before God because his priestly division was on duty.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Then it happened that, when he was exercising the priesthood before God, in the order of his section,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And it came to pass, when he executed the priestly function in the order of his course before God,

Luke 1:8 Cross References

Luke 1:5

In the days of King Herod, of Judea, there was a certain priest named Zacharias of the “Abijah” division. He had a wife named Elizabeth who was a descendant of Aaron.

Luke 1:7

But they had no children, because Elizabeth was unable to bear offspring due to their both being very old.