Luke 1:39
And in those days, Mary, rising up, traveled quickly into the hill country, to a city of Judah.
Catholic Public Domain Version
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
40And she entered into the house of Zechariah, and she greeted Elizabeth.
Cross References
Joshua 10:40And so Joshua struck the entire land, the mountains, and the south, and the plains, and the descending slopes, with their kings. He did not leave in it any remains, but he put to death all that was able to breathe, just as the Lord, the God of Israel, had instructed him,
Joshua 20:7And they decreed Kedesh in Galilee, at mount Naphtali, and Shechem, at mount Ephraim, and Kiriath-Arba, which is Hebron, at mount Judah.
Luke 1:65And fear fell upon all of their neighbors. And all these words were made known throughout all the hill country of Judea.
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 →