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Luke 1:25

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23 And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of his ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house.

24 And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying,

Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.

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.

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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.

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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

    And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.

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  • Isaiah 4:1

    And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.

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  • Isaiah 54:1–4

    Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.

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  • Genesis 21:1–2

    And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.

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  • Genesis 25:21

    And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

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  • 1 Samuel 1:6

    And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.

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  • Hebrews 11:11

    Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.

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  • 1 Samuel 2:21–22

    And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.

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