Luke 1:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying, Hid herself five months - That she might have the fullest proof of the accomplishment of God's promise before she appeared in public, or spoke of her mercies. When a Hindoo female is pregnant of her first child, she avoids the presence of those with whom she was before familiar, as a point of delicacy.