Luke 1:25
“For the Lord did this for me, at the time when he decided to take away my reproach among men.”
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In Context
24Then, after those days, his wife Elizabeth conceived, and she hid herself for five months, saying:
26Then, in the sixth month, the Angel Gabriel was sent by God, to a city of Galilee named Nazareth,
Cross References
Genesis 21:1Then the Lord visited Sarah, just as he had promised; and he fulfilled what he had spoken.
Genesis 30:22The Lord, likewise remembering Rachel, heeded her and opened her womb.
1 Samuel 1:6And her rival afflicted her and vehemently distressed her, to a great extent, for she rebuked her that the Lord had closed her womb.
1 Samuel 2:21Then the Lord visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. And the youth Samuel was magnified with the Lord.
Isaiah 4:1And seven women will take hold of one man, in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothing, only let us be called by your name, so as to take away our reproach.”
Luke 1:13But the Angel said to him: “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth shall bear a son to you. And you shall call his name 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 →