Luke 1:6 (LSB)

Passage

And they were both righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and righteous requirements of the Lord.

Nearby Context

Luke 1:4 so that you may know the certainty about the things you have been taught.

Luke 1:5 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 Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

Luke 1:6 And they were both righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and righteous requirements of the Lord.

Luke 1:7 But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both advanced in years.

Luke 1:8 Now it happened that while he was performing his priestly service before God in the order of his division,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "both", "righteous", "sight", "walking", "blamelessly", "commandments", and "requirements". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "both" and "righteous", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "In the days of Herod king of..." into verse 7's "But they had no child because Elizabeth...", so "both" and "righteous" 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 "both" and "righteous" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.