Luke 1:9
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Luke 1:9 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Luke 1:9 is a verse from the book of Luke in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "According to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Luke 1:9 — KJV
“According to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.”
— Luke 1:9 (KJV)
Luke 1:9 in Context — About the Book of Luke
Luke, the physician-historian, writes the most carefully researched Gospel — and the most tender. Outsiders take center stage: shepherds, women, Samaritans, tax collectors, the prodigal son. More than any Gospel, Luke shows Jesus praying at every turning point of His life.
Cross-References for Luke 1:9
“But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.”
Shares key themes with Luke 1:9: burn, incense, went
“And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD. officers: Heb. offices”
Shares key themes with Luke 1:9: priest, office, went
“And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron.”
Shares key themes with Luke 1:9: priest, went, into
“And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law:”
Shares key themes with Luke 1:9: priest, lot, burn
“And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD:”
Shares key themes with Luke 1:9: priest, burn, incense
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