Luke often pairs male and female characters together, giving a symmetrical view of many stories. Opening the book with Elizabeth and Zechariah, Mary and Joseph and Anna and Simeon. Then there are parables – the men in the fields and the women kneading bread. The shepherd leaving going after the lost sheep then the woman sweeping her house for the lost coin. Men and women as traveling disciples in acts 8, men and women in the upper room in Acts 1, Ananias and Sappira, Priscilla and Aquilla. But the first is Elizabeth and Zechariah.
