Conceived (συνελαβεν). Luke uses this word eleven times and it occurs only five other times in the N.T. It is a very old and commo…

Hid herself. Did not go out in public and concealed her condition. This might have been done so that she might spend her time more fully i…

I do not wonder that, in her solemn joy, she shunned the gossips of the neighborhood and kept herself in seclusion. I do believe that there is many…

The Venerable Bede: During their appointed time of service, the priests of the temple were so occupied by their duties that the…

As with the announcement to Mary, the word concerning Zechariah and Elizabeth’s promised son was given before his conception. It is characteristic …

And hid herself: this appears very strange, as if she had been ashamed of the blessing of God. Some think that she did not venture to appe…

And after those days
The days of his ministration in the temple, quickly after his return home; the Ethiopic version…

The father and mother of John the Baptist were sinners, as all are, and were justified and saved in the same way as others; but they were distingui…