Luke 1:57 (DBY)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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.

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

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "time", "fulfilled", "elizabeth", "should", "bring", "forth", "gave", and "birth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "time" and "fulfilled", 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 neighbours and kinsfolk heard that...", so "time" and "fulfilled" 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 "time" and "fulfilled" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.