Luke 1:58
And her neighbours, and cousins heard tell howe the Lord had shewed his great mercie vpon her, and they reioyced with her.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
57Nowe Elisabets time was fulfilled, that shee should be deliuered, and shee brought foorth a sonne.
Cross References
Genesis 21:6Then Sarah said, God hath made me to reioyce: all that heare will reioyce with me.
Psalms 113:9He maketh the barren woman to dwell with a familie, and a ioyfull mother of children. Prayse ye the Lord.
Isaiah 66:9Shall I cause to trauaile, and not bring forth? shall I cause to bring forth, and shall be baren, saith thy God?
Luke 1:25Thus hath the Lord dealt with me, in the daies wherein he looked on me, to take from me my rebuke among men.
1 Corinthians 12:26Therefore if one member suffer, all suffer with it: if one member be had in honour, all the members reioyce 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 →