Luke 1:25 (GNV)

Passage

Thus hath the Lord dealt with me, in the daies wherein he looked on me, to take from me my rebuke among men.

Nearby Context

Luke 1:23 And it came to passe, when the daies of his office were fulfilled, that he departed to his owne house.

Luke 1:24 And after those daies, his wife Elisabet conceiued, and hid her selfe fiue moneths, saying,

Luke 1:25 Thus hath the Lord dealt with me, in the daies wherein he looked on me, to take from me my rebuke among men.

Luke 1:26 And in the sixth moneth, the Angell Gabriel was sent from God vnto a citie of Galile, named Nazareth,

Luke 1:27 To a virgin affianced to a man whose name was Ioseph, of the house of Dauid, and the virgins name was Marie.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 24's "And after those daies his wife Elisabet..." into verse 26's "And in the sixth moneth the Angell...", so "thus" and "hath" 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 "hath" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.