Luk 1:23. Εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ, to his own house) An abbreviated form of expression: the city, in which Zacharias dwelt, requiring to be understood. Comp. Luk 1:39. So also Luk 1:56. The house of Zacharias is put in antithesis to the temple of the Lord: see Luk 1:9.