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Luke 1:57

Elisabeth
Parents and children

55 as He promised to our fathers, to Abraham and his descendants forever.”

56 Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.

When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son.

58 Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.

59 On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.

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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
When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son.
KJV
Now Elisabeth’s full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.
WEB
Now the time that Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled, and she gave birth to a son.
ASV
Now Elisabeth`s time was fulfilled that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.
DARBY
But the time was fulfilled for Elizabeth that she should bring forth, and she gave birth to a son.
BLB
Now to Elizabeth the time was fulfilled for her to give birth, and she bore a son.
ÅB
Men for Elisabet kom tiden da hun skulle føde, og hun fødte en sønn,
OTB
Da tiden kom for Elisabet å føde, fødte hun en sønn.
B1930
Men for Elisabet kom tiden da hun skulde føde, og hun fødte en sønn,

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Cross references

  • Luke 1:13

    But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.

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  • Genesis 21:2–3

    So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised.

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  • Luke 2:6–7

    While they were there, the time came for her Child to be born.

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  • Numbers 23:19

    God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?

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