Luke 1:39
Very soon after that, Mary got ready and went quickly to a town in the highlands of Judea district where Zechariah lived.
Translation for Translators
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
40She entered his house and greeted his wife Elizabeth.
Cross References
Joshua 10:40That is how Joshua and his army conquered the entire southern part of Canaan. They defeated the kings who ruled the hilly area, the dry southern area, the western foothills, and the eastern slopes. They killed everyone [DOU] in those areas; they did not allow anyone to remain alive.
Joshua 20:7So the Israelis chose these cities to be cities to which people could run to be safe/protected: Kedesh in the Galilee district in the hilly area where the tribe of Naphtali lived; Shechem in the hilly area where the tribe of Ephraim lived; Kiriath-Arba (which is now named Hebron) in the hilly area where the tribe of Judah lived;
Luke 1:65All their neighbors were amazed/awestruck! They told other people who lived all over the highlands of Judea about what had happened.
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 →