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34 Then Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I1 do not know a man?”  
35 And the angel answered and said to her, a“The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called bthe Son of God.  
36 Now indeed, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age; and this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren.
37 For awith God nothing will be impossible.”  
38 Then Mary said, “Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.

Mary Visits Elizabeth

39 Now Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, ato a city of Judah,  
40 and entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth.
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Luke 1:36

Thy cousin Elisabeth - Thy kinswoman, . As Elisabeth was of the tribe of Levi, Luke 1:5, and Mary of the tribe of Judah, they could not be relatives but by the mother' s side.

She hath also conceived - And this is wrought by the same power and energy through which thou shalt conceive. Thus God has given thee a proof and pledge, in what he has done for Elisabeth, of what he will do for thyself; therefore, have faith in God.

Who was called barren - It is probable that Elisabeth got this appellative by way of reproach; or to distinguish her from some other Elisabeth also well known, who had been blessed with children. Perhaps this is the reproach which Elisabeth speaks of, Luke 1:25, her common name among men, among the people who knew her, being Elisabeth the barren.




Other Adam Clarke entries containing Luke 1:36:

Numbers 36:8
Matthew 1:20
Luke 1:25
Luke 1:56
Luke 1:57

 

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