Luke 1:24 (DBY)

Passage

Now after these days, Elizabeth his wife conceived, and hid herself five months, saying,

Nearby Context

Luke 1:22 But when he came out he could not speak to them, and they recognised that he had seen a vision in the temple. And he was making signs to them, and continued dumb.

Luke 1:23 And it came to pass, when the days of his service were completed, he departed to his house.

Luke 1:24 Now after these days, Elizabeth his wife conceived, and hid herself five months, saying,

Luke 1:25 Thus has [the] Lord done to me in [these] days in which he looked upon [me] to take away my reproach among men.

Luke 1:26 But in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent of God to a city of Galilee, of which [the] name [was] Nazareth,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "after", "days", "elizabeth", "wife", "conceived", "herself", "five", and "months". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "after" and "days", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 23's "And it came to pass when the..." into verse 25's "Thus has the Lord done to me...", so "after" and "days" 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 "after" and "days" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.