Luke 1:10 (YLT)

Passage

and all the multitude of the people were praying without, at the hour of the perfume.

Nearby Context

Luke 1:8 And it came to pass, in his acting as priest, in the order of his course before God,

Luke 1:9 according to the custom of the priesthood, his lot was to make perfume, having gone into the sanctuary of the Lord,

Luke 1:10 and all the multitude of the people were praying without, at the hour of the perfume.

Luke 1:11 And there appeared to him a messenger of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of the perfume,

Luke 1:12 and Zacharias, having seen, was troubled, and fear fell on him;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "multitude", "people", "praying", "without", "hour", and "perfume". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "multitude" and "people", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "according to the custom of the priesthood..." into verse 11's "And there appeared to him a messenger...", so "multitude" and "people" 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 "multitude" and "people" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.