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Josephus, Antiquities xviii, 1:5.
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Numb. 6:2-21; Judges 13:5, 7; 16:17; Amos. 2:11, 12. Page 87.
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Matt. 22:15, 16; Mark 12:13.
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Luke 13:1, 2; see also John 4:45; Mark 14:70; Acts 2:7.
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1 Chron. 24:1-18.
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Note 5, end of chapter.
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Luke 1:19, 26; see also Dan. 8:16; 9:21-23.
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Luke 1:5; compare 1 Chron. 24:10.
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Ezra 2:36-39.
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Luke 1:8, 9; read the entire chapter.
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Lev. chap. 16; Heb. 9:1-7; see also "House of the Lord," p. 59, and compare pp. 24 and 39. Note 6, end of chapter.
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Page 45. For other instances of children promised in spite of barrenness due to age or other causes, see Isaac (Gen. 17:16, 17 and 21:1-3); Samson, (Judges, chap. 13); Samuel (1 Sam. chap. 1); son of the Shunammite (2 Kings 4:14-17).
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Note 1, end of chapter.
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Luke 1:19, 20.
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Luke 1:57; compare verse 39.
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Note 2, end of chapter.
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Note 3, end of chapter.
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Luke 1:68-79.
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Luke 1:65, 66; see also 3:15.
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Luke 1:80.
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Luke 1:28.
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Luke 1:30-33.
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Luke 1:35; see also preceding verses, 31-33.
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Page 43; and Gen. 3:15.
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Luke 1:42; read verses 39-56.
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Luke 1:46-55.
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Note 4, end of chapter.
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Matt. 1:20, 21; read 18-25.
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Matt. 1:22-23; compare Isa. 7:14; see also 9:6.
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Matt. 1:24, 25.
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2 Peter 1:20.
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Gen. 12:3; 18:18; 22:18; 26:4; compare Acts 3:25; Gal. 3:8.
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Note 5, end of chapter.
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For instances see Matt. 9:27; 15:22; 21:9; 20:30, 31, with which compare Luke 18:38, 39.
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Rom. 1:3; 2 Tim. 2:8; see also Acts 2:30; 13:23; compare Psa. 132:11; see also Luke 1:32.
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Matt. 1:23.
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Luke 2:1; see also verses 2-4. Note 1, end of chapter.
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Note marginal reading, Oxford and Bagster Bibles.
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Note 1, end of chapter.
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Note 2, end of chapter.
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Luke 2:6, 7.
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Luke 2:8-14.
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Luke 2:15.
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Luke 2:19.
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Luke 4:22; Matt. 13:55; Mark 6:3.
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Gen. 17:12, 13; Lev. 12:3; compare John 7:22. Page 88.
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Luke 2:21; compare 1:31; Matt. 1:21, 25.
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Lev. chap. 12.
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Exo. 12:29; 13:2, 12; 22:29, 30.
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Numb. 8:15-18; 18:15, 16.
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Luke 2:25; see also verse 38; Mark 15:43; compare Psa. 40:1.
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Luke 2:29-32. These verses are known in Christian hymnology as the Nunc Dimittis; the name has reference to the first two words of the Latin version.
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Note 3, end of chapter.
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Matt. 2:2; read 1-10.
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Matt. 2:5, 6; compare Micah 5:2; John 7:42.
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Note 4, end of chapter.
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Note 5, end of chapter.
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Numb. 24:17.
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B. of M., Helaman 14:5; 3 Nephi 1:21. Pp. 52, 101 and 721 herein.
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Matt. 2:13.
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Matt. 2:16.
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Matt. 2:17, 18; compare Jer. 31:15.
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Page 49.
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B. of M., Helaman 14:2; read 1-9.
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B. of M., 3 Nephi 1:9; read verses 4-21.
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B. of M., 3 Nephi 1:12-21.
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Marginal reading, Oxford and Bagster Bibles, Matt. 2:1.
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Doc. and Cov. 20:1; compare 21:3. Note 6, end of chapter.
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B. of M., 1 Nephi 1:4; 2:2-4.
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B. of M., 1 Nephi 10:4.
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B. of M., 1 Nephi 19:8; 2 Nephi 25:19.
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B. of M., 3 Nephi 1:1.
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"Standard Bible Dictionary," edited by Jacobus, Nourse, and Zenos, pub. by Funk & Wagnalls Co., New York and London, 1909, p. 915, article "Zedekiah."
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Doc. and Cov. 20:1; compare 21:2
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Matt. 2:15; compare Hos. 11:1.
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Matt. 2:19-23. Note 5, end of chapter.
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Note 1, end of chapter.
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Note 2, end of chapter.
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Luke 2:40.
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Note 3, end of chapter.
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Compare His teachings after He had reached manhood, e.g. John 8:32.
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Deut. 16:1-6; compare Exo. 12:2.
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Josephus; Wars of the Jews, ii, 1:3.
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Luke 2:46; read 41-52.
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Compare Matt. 7:28, 29; 13:54; Mark 6:2; Luke 4:22.
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Luke 2:35.
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Luke 2:52.
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