Luke 1:23 (DBY)

Passage

And it came to pass, when the days of his service were completed, he departed to his house.

Nearby Context

Luke 1:21 And the people were awaiting Zacharias, and they wondered at his delaying in the temple.

Luke 1:22 But when he came out he could not speak to them, and they recognised that he had seen a vision in the temple. And he was making signs to them, and continued dumb.

Luke 1:23 And it came to pass, when the days of his service were completed, he departed to his house.

Luke 1:24 Now after these days, Elizabeth his wife conceived, and hid herself five months, saying,

Luke 1:25 Thus has [the] Lord done to me in [these] days in which he looked upon [me] to take away my reproach among men.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "came", "pass", "days", "service", "completed", "departed", and "house". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "came" and "pass", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 22's "But when he came out he could..." into verse 24's "Now after these days Elizabeth his wife...", so "came" and "pass" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "came" and "pass" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.