Luke 1:14

And he will be a simcha to you and sasson (joy), and there will be sasson rav (great joy) at his huledet (birth).

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.

In Context

13But the malach said to him, Do not have pachad (fear), Zecharyah. Your tefillah (prayer) was heard and your isha, Elisheva, will bear a ben to you and you will call his shem Yochanan.

15And he will be gadol before Hashem, and he will not drink yayin or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Ruach Hakodesh from the womb of his Em (mother), + 1:15 Num 6:3; Lv 10:9; Judg 13:4; Jer 1:5

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Cross References

Genesis 21:6And she said, Elohim hath brought me tzechok (laughter), so that all that hear yitzchak (will laugh) with me.

Proverbs 23:15Beni (my son), if thine lev be chacham, 1 my own lev shall have simchah. 1

Jeremiah 20:15Arur (cursed) be the ish 1 who brought news to avi, saying: 1 A ben zachar (male child) is born unto thee; 1 making him very glad. 1

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 →

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