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Luke 1:40 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth. "
Luke 1:40
Verse in Context
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And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.
And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;
And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth.
And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:
And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
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Luke 1:1
"Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us,"
Luke 1:2
"Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;"
Luke 1:3
"It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,"
Luke 1:4
"That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed."
Luke 1:5
"There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth."
Luke 1:6
"And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless."
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