Luke 1:8 - Plain English Version

⁸ The time came for Zekariah’s mob to do the ceremonies in God’s ceremony house, in Jerusalem city.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ 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

⁸ Now while on duty, serving as priest before God in the order of his division,

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ Now it came to pass, while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his course,

Common English Bible

⁸ One day Zechariah was serving as a priest before God because his priestly division was on duty.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ Then it happened that, when he was exercising the priesthood before God, in the order of his section,

Luke 1:8 Cross References

Luke 1:5

When Herod was the big boss over Judea country, there was a man there that was called Zekariah. He was one of the men that looked after the Jewish ceremonies. There were different groups that did the Jewish ceremonies for the people at different times. He was in the group called the Abijah mob. His wife belonged to a family of Jewish ceremony people too. Her name was Elizabeth.

Luke 1:7

They got very old, but they didn’t have any kids. You see, Elizabeth just couldn’t have a baby.