Luke 1:57 (WEB)

Passage

Now the time that Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled, and she gave birth to a son.

Nearby Context

Luke 1:55 As he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and his offspring forever.”

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

Luke 1:57 Now the time that Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled, and she gave birth to a son.

Luke 1:58 Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her, and they rejoiced with her.

Luke 1:59 On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "time", "elizabeth", "should", "give", "birth", "fulfilled", and "gave". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "time" and "elizabeth", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 56's "Mary stayed with her about three months..." into verse 58's "Her neighbors and her relatives heard that...", so "time" and "elizabeth" 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 "elizabeth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.