Luke 1:25

25 "Thus has the Lord done to me in the days in which he looked at me, to take away my reproach among men."

Luke 1:25 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 1:25

Thus hath the Lord dealt with me
In a very gracious and bountiful manner; in giving her strength to conceive a son in her old age, and such an one that was to be great, and so useful in his day; of which her husband had doubtless informed her by writing, though he could not speak:

in the days wherein he looked on me;
with a favourable eye, with a look of love and mercy:

he took away my reproach
from among men; as barrenness was accounted, especially among the Israelites, the seed of Abraham; to whom was promised a numerous issue, as the stars in the sky, and as the sand on the sea shore, and particularly the Messiah; see ( Genesis 30:23 ) ( Isaiah 4:1 ) .

Luke 1:25 In-Context

23 It happened, when the days of his service were fulfilled, he departed to his house.

24 After these days Elisheva, his wife, conceived, and she hid herself five months, saying,

25 "Thus has the Lord done to me in the days in which he looked at me, to take away my reproach among men."

26 Now in the sixth month, the angel Gavri'el was sent from God to a city of the Galil, named Natzeret,

27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man whose name was Yosef, of the house of David. The virgin's name was Miryam.