Luke 1:39 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda; ”

Luke 1:39 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And Mary arose - The word “arose” here is equivalent to “setting out,” or starting on a journey. The hill country - The region in the vicinity of Jerusalem, commonly called the hill country o...
Luke 1:39 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(4) And Mary arose in those days, and went into the (m) hill country with haste, into a (n) city of Juda; (4) Elisabeth being many months pregnant with John, and Mary being pregnant with Christ, do...
Luke 1:39 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Mary Visits Elisabeth. The Magnificat. The passage links the two preceding incidents, and serves to show the inferiority of John the forerunner, to Jesus the Messiah. Mary (finding herself with chi...
Luke 1:39 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

39. And Mary arising This departure mentioned by Luke proves that Mary’s faith was not of a transitory nature: for the promise of God does not fade away with the presence of the angel, but i...
Luke 1:39 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda; In those days - As soon as she could conveniently fit herself out for the journey. Hill country - Hebron...
Luke 1:39 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Went into the hill country— This was a very wise determination, as it was very probable that by communicating the vision she had seen, and perhaps also describing the form in which the angel appear...
Luke 1:39 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda; And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country - a mountain-range, running north to...
Luke 1:39 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Birth of John. The Annunciation 1-4. Preface. To write a preface to a history is not a Jewish, but a classical custom, and by following it St. Luke shows himself a true Gentile, trained in Greek c...
Luke 1:39 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The hill country... a city of Juda. — The description is too vague to be identified with any certainty. The form of the proper noun is the same as that in “Bethlehem, of the land of Juda,” in Matt...
Luke 1:39 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 3 THE GOSPEL PSALMS. UNLIKE modern church-builders, St. Luke sets his chancel by the porch. No sooner have we passed through the vestibule of his Gospel than we find ourselves within a ci...
Luke 1:39 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Song of the Virgin Mother Luke 1:39-56 Zacharias lived in a Levitical city in the hill country of Judah. The narrative evidently implies that there had been no previous communication betwee...
Luke 1:39 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(39) And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda; (40) And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth. (41) And it came to pass, that,...
Luke 1:39 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Mary arose in those days ,.... The Ethiopic version renders it, "in that day"; directly, immediately, as soon as the angel was gone from her; partly to know the truth of things, and to make use...
Luke 1:39 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda; Ver. 39. Into the hill country ] Of Judea, southward of Jerusalem, into the city of Hebron, Joshua 2...
Luke 1:39 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Mary arose in those days That is, soon after the time that she had received the extraordinary message mentioned above; and went into the hill-country Where Elisabeth dwelt, although it was at lea...
Luke 1:39 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

LUKE'S GOSPEL WRITTEN FOR A GENTILE RULER (vs.1-4) Luke's introduction shows that, though he was concerned about giving exact information in this letter to Theophilus, he had not thought of bein...
Luke 1:39 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Interview of Mary and Elisabeth; The Song of Mary. 39 And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste,...
Luke 1:39 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ver. 39,40. Many think that this city where this Zacharias lived was Hebron, before called Kirjatharba, Joshua 14:15 , for that was a city in the mountainous part of Judah, one of the cities of re...
Luke 1:39 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Luke 1:39 . City of Judah .—The city is not named. Probably it was not Hebron, as a place so well known would most likely have been named. The conjecture that Judah is a corruptio...
Luke 1:39 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 1:5-6 . 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. And...
Luke 1:39 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 1:1 . Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things, which within a short compass of years have been acted and accomplished among us. In the first a...
Luke 1:39 - The Biblical Illustrator

And Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country The home of Zacharias Juttah, an ancient priestly town, is held by the Greek Church to be the birthplace of St. John the Baptist, an...
Luke 1:39 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE origin of the Gospels—the four histories which relate in detail the circumstances of the foundation of Christianity—will ever be an interesting study. Here we shall never know t...
Luke 1:39 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda,
Luke 1:39 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joshua 10:40 ; Joshua 15:48-59 ; Joshua 21:9-11
Luke 1:39 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Seven Magnificats Selections from Luke 1:1-80 and Luke 2:1-52 INTRODUCTORY WORDS By way of introduction to the seven Magnificats, we will study the annunciation of the birth of Chri...
Luke 1:39 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

A city of Judah — Probably Hebron, which was situated in the hill country of Judea, and belonged to the house of Aaron.

Luke 1:39 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Luke 1:39 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Luke 1:39 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 1:39 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 1:39 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Luke 1:39 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Luke 1:39 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Luke 1:39 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 1:39 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Luke 1:39 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Luke 1:39 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Luke 1:39 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Luke 1:39 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Luke 1:39 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Luke 1:39 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 1:39 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 1:39 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Luke 1:39 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Luke 1:39 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Luke 1:39 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 1:39 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 1:39 - The Biblical Illustrator

Luke 1:39 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Luke 1:39 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Luke 1:39 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 1:39 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Luke 1:39 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes