Luke 1:39
Then Mary got up and went quickly into the high lands, to a town of Judah;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;
In Context
38And Mary said: I am the servant of the Lord; may it be to me as you say. And the angel went away.
40And went into the house of Zacharias and took Elisabeth in her arms.
Cross References
Joshua 10:40So Joshua overcame all the land, the hill-country and the South and the lowland and the mountain slopes, and all their kings; all were put to death: and every living thing he gave up to the curse, as the Lord, the God of Israel, had given him orders.
Joshua 20:7So they made selection of Kedesh in Galilee in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (which is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah.
Luke 1:65And fear came on all those who were living round about them: and there was much talk about all these things in all the hill-country of Judaea.
Matthew Henry on Luke 1:27-39
The Birth of Christ Foretold. 26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, 27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. 28 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. 29 And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be. 30 And the angel said… Read the whole commentary →