“And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.”
Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, observing all the Lord's commands and decrees blamelessly — the double righteousness of Zechariah and Elizabeth is stated emphatically: righteous before God (not merely before people), observing all the Lord's commands blamelessly. They are not perfect but faithfully covenant-keeping — the ideal of Old Testament piety represented at its best. Their righteousness establishes that the coming barrenness is not God's judgment on unfaithfulness but the preparation for divine action.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
Publish a note on this verse
0/2000
No notes on this verse yet. Be the first to write one!