Luke 1:39-45 And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;… The dialogue is brief; those two women talked together as only two women could talk who perfectly understood each other. Mary heard Elisabeth hay, "Whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?" Her troubles had been so hard, her joys had been so great, and her silent heart had been so full of both of them, that her relief must have been sudden and overwhelming. When the sweet face of that pure, unmarried maiden saw in the joyous countenance of that incorruptible Jewish matron the sign that she would be welcomed as faultless and true, oh, in that supreme moment, she could answer only with a song, and pour forth her gratitude in nothing less than the inspired numbers of a New Testament psalm! (C. S. Robinson, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;WEB: Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah, |
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