Luke 1:66

And all they that had heard them laid them up in their heart, saying: What an one, think ye, shall this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him.

In Context

65And fear came upon all their neighbours; and all these things were noised abroad over all the hill country of Judea.

67And Zachary his father was filled with the Holy Ghost; and he prophesied, saying:

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Cross References

Genesis 39:2And the Lord was with him, and he was a prosperous man in all things: and he dwelt in his master's house,

1 Samuel 2:18But Samuel ministered before the face of the Lord: being a child girded with a linen ephod.

1 Kings 18:46And the hand of the Lord was upon Elias, and he girded up his loins and ran before Achab, till he came to Jezrahel.

Psalms 89:21I have found David my servant: with my holy oil I have anointed him.

Luke 1:80And the child grew, and was strengthened in spirit; and was in the deserts until the day of his manifestation to Israel.

Luke 2:40And the child grew, and waxed strong, full of wisdom; and the grace of God was in him.

Matthew Henry on Luke 1:58-67

The Birth of John the Baptist. 57 Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son. 58 And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had showed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her. 59 And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father. 60 And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John. 61 And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that… Read the whole commentary →

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