Luke 1:44 (LSB)

Passage

For behold, when the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy.

Nearby Context

Luke 1:42 And she cried out with a loud voice and said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!

Luke 1:43 And how has it happened to me, that the mother of my Lord would come to me?

Luke 1:44 For behold, when the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy.

Luke 1:45 And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what had been spoken to her by the Lord.”

Luke 1:46 And Mary said: “My soul magnifies the Lord,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "behold", "sound", "greeting", "reached", "ears", "baby", "leaped", and "womb". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "behold" and "sound", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 43's "And how has it happened to me..." into verse 45's "And blessed is she who believed that...", so "behold" and "sound" 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 "behold" and "sound" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.