Luke 1:58
And Elishevaʼs shchenim (neighbors) and krovim (relatives) heard that Adoneinu greatly demonstrated his rachamim to her, and they had much simcha with her.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
57Now when the time of Elisheva to give birth was fulfilled, she bore a ben.
Cross References
Genesis 21:6And she said, Elohim hath brought me tzechok (laughter), so that all that hear yitzchak (will laugh) with me.
Psalms 113:9He settleth the akeret (barren woman) in her bais 1 to be a happy em of banim. 1 Praise ye Hashem.
Isaiah 66:9Shall I bring to the moment of birth, 1 and not cause to bring delivery? saith Hashem. 1 Shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? 1 saith thy G-d. 1
Luke 1:25Hashem has done this for me. In these yamim he looked with Chen vChesed (favor and mercy, loving kindness) on me to take away my reproach among Bnei Adam. + 1:25 Gn 30:23; Isa 4:1
1 Corinthians 12:26And when one evar (member) has tza'ar (pain and suffering), all the evarim (members) have tza'ar with it; or one evar has the aliyah of kibbud, all the evarim has simcha with it.
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 →