Luke 1:57 (ASV)

Passage

Now Elisabeth`s time was fulfilled that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.

Nearby Context

Luke 1:55 (As he spake unto our fathers) Toward Abraham and his seed for ever.

Luke 1:56 And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned unto her house.

Luke 1:57 Now Elisabeth`s time was fulfilled that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.

Luke 1:58 And her neighbors and her kinsfolk heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her; and they rejoiced with her.

Luke 1:59 And it came to pass on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of the father.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "elisabeth", "time", "fulfilled", "should", "delivered", "brought", and "forth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "elisabeth" and "time", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 56's "And Mary abode with her about three..." into verse 58's "And her neighbors and her kinsfolk heard...", so "elisabeth" and "time" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "elisabeth" and "time" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.