Luke 1:6 (WEB)

Passage

They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.

Nearby Context

Luke 1:4 that you might know the certainty concerning the things in which you were instructed.

Luke 1:5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

Luke 1:6 They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.

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

Luke 1:8 Now while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his division,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "both", "righteous", "before", "walking", "blamelessly", "commandments", "ordinances", and "lord". 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 "There was in the days of Herod..." 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.