Luke 1:58 (GNV)

Passage

And her neighbours, and cousins heard tell howe the Lord had shewed his great mercie vpon her, and they reioyced with her.

Nearby Context

Luke 1:56 And Marie abode with her about three moneths: after, shee returned to her owne house.

Luke 1:57 Nowe Elisabets time was fulfilled, that shee should be deliuered, and shee brought foorth a sonne.

Luke 1:58 And her neighbours, and cousins heard tell howe the Lord had shewed his great mercie vpon her, and they reioyced with her.

Luke 1:59 And it was so that on the eight day they came to circumcise the babe, and called him Zacharias after the name of his father.

Luke 1:60 But his mother answered, and saide, Not so, but he shalbe called Iohn.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "neighbours", "cousins", "heard", "tell", "howe", "lord", "shewed", and "great". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "neighbours" and "cousins", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 57's "Nowe Elisabets time was fulfilled that shee..." into verse 59's "And it was so that on the...", so "neighbours" and "cousins" 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 "neighbours" and "cousins" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.