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WHEN WAS JESUS BORN?: M. M. NINAN<br />
Luke 1:21 indicates that while Zachariah <strong>was</strong> inside the temple, people<br />
were anxiously waiting outside. Outside what?<br />
Luke 1: 21 Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and<br />
wondering why he stayed so long in the temple.<br />
If the vision took place in the assembly hall outside the Holy of Holies<br />
– in the Holy Place and people were all in the Court of the Gentiles,<br />
they could have gone in to see what <strong>was</strong> happening. Since this <strong>was</strong> not<br />
the situation the only alternative <strong>was</strong> that Zachariah <strong>was</strong> inside the veil<br />
– in the Holy of Holies – where only the High Priest could go and that<br />
with the blood of the sacrifice and carrying the incense as a cover. No<br />
one else could go in. So they all waited outside anxiously until<br />
Zechariah came out.<br />
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