Luke 1:25 (DBY)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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,

Luke 1:27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name [was] Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name [was] Mary.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thus", "lord", "done", "days", "looked", "upon", "take", and "away". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thus" and "lord", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 24's "Now after these days Elizabeth his wife..." into verse 26's "But in the sixth month the angel...", so "thus" and "lord" 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 "thus" and "lord" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.