Luke 1:25
23 And when the days of his service were complete, he returned home.
24 After these days, his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. She declared,
“The Lord has done this for me. In these days He has shown me favor and taken away my disgrace among the people.”
26 In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,
27 to a virgin pledged in marriage to a man named Joseph, who was of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “The Lord has done this for me. In these days He has shown me favor and taken away my disgrace among the people.”
- KJV
- Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.
- WEB
- “Thus has the Lord done to me in the days in which he looked at me, to take away my reproach among men.”
- ASV
- Thus hath the Lord done unto me in the days wherein he looked upon [me], to take away my reproach among men.
- DARBY
- Thus has [the] Lord done to me in [these] days in which he looked upon [me] to take away my reproach among men.
- BLB
- “Thus the Lord has done to me, in the days in which He looked upon [me], to take away my reproach among men.”
- ÅB
- Så har Herren gjort med meg i de dager da han så til meg for å bortta min vanære iblant menneskene.
- OTB
- “Herren har gjort dette for meg. I disse dager har han vist sin gunst og tatt bort min vanære blant folket.”
- B1930
- Så har Herren gjort med mig i de dager da han så til mig for å bortta min vanære iblandt menneskene.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 30:22–23
Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,
Read in contextIsaiah 4:1
In that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, “We will eat our own bread and provide our own clothes. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace!”
Read in contextIsaiah 54:1–4
“Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD.
Read in contextGenesis 21:1–2
Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised.
Read in contextGenesis 25:21
Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.
Read in context1 Samuel 1:6
Because the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival would provoke her and taunt her viciously.
Read in contextHebrews 11:11
By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.
Read in context1 Samuel 2:21–22
So the LORD attended to Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD.
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