Luke 1:24
After that time, Elisabeth, being certain that she was to become a mother, kept herself from men's eyes for five months, saying,
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying,
In Context
23And when the days of his work in the Temple were ended, he went back to his house.
25The Lord has done this to me, for his eyes were on me, to take away my shame in the eyes of men.
Cross References
2 Kings 4:17Then the woman became with child and gave birth to a son at the time named, in the year after, as Elisha had said to her.
Matthew Henry on Luke 1:6-26
The Appearance of an Angel to Zacharias; The Birth of John Foretold; The Unbelief of Zacharias. 5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judæa, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. 6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. 7 And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years. 8 And it came to… Read the whole commentary →