And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:
And it came to pass, that, when Elizabeth heard the salutation, the babe leaped in her womb. That this was like nothing of the same kind which she had felt before, and with which mothers are familiar, is plain from Luke 1:44: nor does Elizabeth ascribe to it merely an extraordinary character; she describes it, and this when "filled with the Holy Spirit," as a sympathetic emotion of the unconscious babe at the presence of her and his Lord.
And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit;