Luke 1:56 (DBY)

Passage

And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her house.

Nearby Context

Luke 1:54 He has helped Israel his servant, in order to remember mercy,

Luke 1:55 (as he spoke to our fathers,) to Abraham and to his seed for ever.

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

Luke 1:57 But the time was fulfilled for Elizabeth that she should bring forth, and she gave birth to a son.

Luke 1:58 And her neighbours and kinsfolk heard that [the] Lord had magnified his mercy with her, and they rejoiced with her.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "mary", "abode", "three", "months", "returned", and "house". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "mary" and "abode", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 55's "as he spoke to our fathers to..." into verse 57's "But the time was fulfilled for Elizabeth...", so "mary" and "abode" 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 "mary" and "abode" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.