22 But when he came out, he could not speak to them; and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple, for he beckoned to them and remained speechless.
23 So it was, as soon as athe days of his service were completed, that he departed to his own house.
24 Now after those days his wife Elizabeth conceived; and she hid herself five months, saying,
25 “Thus the Lord has dealt with me, in the days when He looked on me, to atake away my reproach among people.”
Christ’s Birth Announced to Mary
26 Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth,
27 to a virgin abetrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.
28 And having come in, the angel said to her, a“Rejoice, highly favored one,bthe Lord is with you; blessed are you among women!”
29 But1 when she saw him,ashe was troubled at his saying, and considered what manner of greeting this was.
30 Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found afavor with God.
31aAnd behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and bshall call His name Jesus.
32 He will be great, aand will be called the Son of the Highest; and bthe Lord God will give Him the cthrone of His dfather David.
33aAnd He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end.”
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.
Conceived (sunelaben). Luke uses this word eleven times and it occurs only five other times in the N.T. It is a very old and common Greek word. He alone in the N.T. has it for conceiving offspring (Luke 1:24, Luke 1:31, Luke 1:36; Luke 2:21) though James 1:15 uses it of lust producing sin. Hobart (Medical Language of Luke, p. 91) observes that Luke has almost as many words for pregnancy and barrenness as Hippocrates (en gastri exein, Luke 21:23; egkuov, Luke 2:5; steira, Luke 1:7; ateknov, Luke 20:28).
Hid (periekruben). Only here in the N.T., but in late Koin‚ writers. Usually considered second aorist active indicative from perikruptw, though it may be the imperfect indicative of a late form perikrubw. If it is aorist it is the constative aorist. The preposition peri makes it mean completely (on all sides) hid.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Luke 1:24:
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