Luke 1:24,25 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Luke 1:24-25

²⁴ And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying,

²⁵ Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.

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