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Luke 1:58 KJV
Luke · chapter 1 · verse 58
And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.Luke 1:58 · King James Version
Luke 1:58 in context
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.
60And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- neighboursperioikosdwelling around, a neighbourG4040 →
- rejoicedsygchairōto rejoice with, take part in another's joy, to rejoice together, to congratulateG4796 →
- cousinssyngenēsof the same kin, akin to, related by blood, in a wider sense, of the same nation, a…G4773 →
- heardakouōto be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf, to hear, to attend to, consider what…G191 →
- greatmegalynōto make great, magnify, metaph. to make conspicuous, to deem or declare great, to esteem…G3170 →
- mercyeleosmercy kindness or good will towards the miserable and the afflicted, joined with a desire…G1656 →
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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