Sunday School Lesson
Sunday Morning Bible Class November 9, 2025
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Theme:
Biblical Families
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Zechariah And Elizabeth
Luke 1:2-15, 18-25, 57-66
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Introduction
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The Angel's Announcement
2) Just as they were handed down to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word, 3) it seemed fitting to me as well, having investigated everything carefully from the beginning, to write it out for you in an orderly sequence, most excellent Theophilus; 4) so that you may know the exact truth about the things you have been taught. 5) In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, of the division of Abijah ; and he had a wife from the daughters of Arron, and her name was Elizabeth. 6) They were both righteous in the sight of God, walking blamlessly in all the commandments and requirements of the Lord. 7) And yet they had no child, because Elizabeth was infertile, and they were both advanced in years. 8) Now it happened that while he was perfoming his priestly service before God in the appointed order of his division, 9) according to the custom of the pruestly office, he was chosen by lot to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense.. 10) And the whole nultitude of the people were in prayer outside at the hour of the incense offering. 11) Now an angel of the /Lord appearedto hm, standing to the right of the alter of incense. 12) Zechariah as trubled when he saw the angel, and fear gripped him. 13) But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid Zechariah, for youur prayer has been heard, and your wufe Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall name him John. 14) "You will have joy and gladness, and many will reoice over his birth. 15) "For he will be great in the sight of the Lord; and he will drink no wine or liquor, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit while still in his mother's womb.
* I Chronicles 24- the priestly divisions
Commentary
Luke 1:2-15
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Mute Zchariah
18) Zechariah said to the angel, "How will I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in her years." 19) The angel answered and said to him, "I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news. 20) "And behold, yu will be silent and unable to speak untill the day when these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled at their proper time." 21) And meanwhile the peope were waiting for Zechariah, and were wondering at his dely in the temmple. 22) But when he came out he was unable to speak to them and they realized that he had seen a vission in the temple, and he repeatedly made signs to them, and remained speachess. 23) When the days of his priestly service were concluded, he went bqck home. 24) Now after these days his wife Elizabeth became pregnant, and she kept herself in seclusion for five months saying, 25) "This is the way the Lord has delt with me in the days when when He looked with favor upon me, to take away my disgrace among people."
Commentary
Luke 1:18-25
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The Birth Of John
57) Now the tme had come for Elizabeth to give birth, and she gave birth to a son. 58) Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had displayed His great mercy toward her; and they were rejoicing with her. 59) And it happened on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to call him Zechariah, a\fter his father. 60) And yet his mother responded and said, "No indeed, but he shall be called John." 61) And they said to her, "There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name." 62) And they made signs to his father. as to what he wanted him called. 63) And he asked for a tablet and wrote as follows, "His name is John." And they were amazed. 64) And at once his mouth was opened and his tongue was freed, and he began speaking in praise of God. 65) And fear came on all those who lived around them; and all these matters were being talked about in the entire country of Judah. 66) All who heard them kept them in mind saying,"What then will this child tur out to be?" For indeed the hand of the Lord was with him.
Juke 1:57-66
II Timothy 2:15: "Be dillgent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."
