Luke 1:25
The Lord has done this to me, for his eyes were on me, to take away my shame in the eyes of men.
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In Context
26Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town in Galilee, named Nazareth,
Cross References
Genesis 21:1And the Lord came to Sarah as he had said and did to her as he had undertaken.
Genesis 30:22Then God gave thought to Rachel, and hearing her prayer he made her fertile.
1 Samuel 1:6And the other wife did everything possible to make her unhappy, because the Lord had not let her have children;
1 Samuel 2:21And the Lord had mercy on Hannah and she gave birth to three sons and two daughters. And the young Samuel became older before the Lord.
Isaiah 4:1And in that day seven women will put their hands on one man, saying, There will be no need for you to give us food or clothing, only let us go under your name, so that our shame may be taken away.
Luke 1:13But the angel said, Have no fear, Zacharias, for your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your wife Elisabeth will have a son, and his name will be John.
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 →