And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth.
and entered into the house of Zacharias and saluted Elisabeth.
and entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth.
and entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elizabeth.
Luke — Luke's 'orderly account' (1:3) follows Jesus from Bethlehem through the long travel narrative to Jerusalem and the Emmaus road.
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May your father and mother be glad, and may she who gave you birth rejoice!
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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The encounter of the Virgin was eager, and it was also familiar; on account of which he says: And she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elisabeth. She entered, I say, so that she might dwell together familiarly; Wisdom 8: "Entering into my house, …
And entered into the house of Zacharias, &c. Which was in the above city, and might be well known to her: and saluted Elisabeth; not Zacharias; either because he was not at home; or because he was deaf and dumb, and could neither hear her salutation, nor return it; or because it was not usual for women to salute men, nor men to salute women; See Gill on Luk 1:29, yet one woman might salute another; and especially Mary saluted Elisabeth, because she came to pay the visit to her, and it was with her she was principally concerned.
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)reformed
Saluted Elizabeth - Expressed great joy and gratification at seeing her, and used the customary tokens of affectionate salutation.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)evangelical
