For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.
Luke 1:44 records the visit of Mary to Elizabeth about B.C. 5, when as soon as the voice of Mary's greeting sounded in Elizabeth's ears the babe leaped in her womb for joy. That leaping was part of Elizabeth's testimony to the coming Messiah. The verse belongs to the incidents connected with the birth of John the Baptist and to the account of the birth of Jesus. It stands as part of Luke's enlarged early history of the mission of Jesus, which gives the time and circumstances in particular detail in the first chapter leading up to Jesus coming to be born in Bethlehem with the news of his birth first announced to the shepherds.
That first chapter where the verse stands gives the background to be kept clearly in mind for the birth of Christ in Bethlehem and for the announcement to the shepherds and their praise to God in Luke 2:8-14. The same background is to be kept in mind for the visit of the shepherds and their publishing the news in Luke 2:15-20, and for the circumcision and naming of Jesus and his presentation in the temple with Simeon's thanksgiving in Luke 2:21-33. In that account Jesus is begotten by the power of the Highest and born of Mary in Bethlehem of Judea in the reign of Augustus Caesar. The account of Jesus' birth to which the verse belongs marks the fulfillment of the gospel promises given in the Old Testament, fulfilling Isaiah 9:6.
That birth account proves He was a real human being. The verse shows that the mother of the Lord was greatly blessed, but her blessing was through him, and it is through him alone that others also may be blessed.
Luke 1:44 records the visit of Mary to Elizabeth about B.C. 5, when as soon as the voice of Mary's greeting sounded in Elizabeth's ears the babe leaped in her womb for joy. That leaping was part of Elizabeth's testimony to the coming Messiah. The verse belongs to the incidents connected with the birth of John the Baptist and to the account of the birth of Jesus. It stands as part of Luke's enlarged early history of the mission of Jesus, which gives the time and circumstances in particular detail in the first chapter leading up to Jesus coming to be born in Bethlehem with the news of his birth first announced to the shepherds.
That first chapter where the verse stands gives the background to be kept clearly in mind for the birth of Christ in Bethlehem and for the announcement to the shepherds and their praise to God in Luke 2:8-14. The same background is to be kept in mind for the visit of the shepherds and their publishing the news in Luke 2:15-20, and for the circumcision and naming of Jesus and his presentation in the temple with Simeon's thanksgiving in Luke 2:21-33. In that account Jesus is begotten by the power of the Highest and born of Mary in Bethlehem of Judea in the reign of Augustus Caesar. The account of Jesus' birth to which the verse belongs marks the fulfillment of the gospel promises given in the Old Testament, fulfilling Isaiah 9:6.
That birth account proves He was a real human being. The verse shows that the mother of the Lord was greatly blessed, but her blessing was through him, and it is through him alone that others also may be blessed.