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Luke 1:57 KJV
Luke · chapter 1 · verse 57
Now Elisabeth’s full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.Luke 1:57 · King James Version
Luke 1:57 in context
55As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
56And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own house.
57Now Elisabeth’s full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.
58And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.
59And 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- Elisabeth'selisabetElisabeth = " oath of God" , the wife of Zacharias and mother of John the…G1665 →
- deliveredtiktōto bring forth, bear, produce , of a woman giving birth, of the earth bringing forth its…G5088 →
- forthgennaōof men who fathered children, to be born, to be begotten, of women giving birth to…G1080 →
- fullpimplēmito fill, to be fulfilled, to be filledG4130 →
- timechronostime either long or shortG5550 →
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In these verses, we have, I. The birth of John Baptist, Luk 1:57. Though he was conceived in the womb by miracle, he continued in the womb according to the ordinary course of nature (so did our Saviour): Elisabeth's full time came, that she should be delivered, and then she brought forth a son.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 57-66