Luke 1:56 (YLT)

Passage

And Mary remained with her about three months, and turned back to her house.

Nearby Context

Luke 1:54 He received again Israel His servant, To remember kindness,

Luke 1:55 As He spake unto our fathers, To Abraham and to his seed--to the age.'

Luke 1:56 And Mary remained with her about three months, and turned back to her house.

Luke 1:57 And to Elisabeth was the time fulfilled for her bringing forth, and she bare a son,

Luke 1:58 and the neighbours and her kindred heard that the Lord was making His kindness great with her, and they were rejoicing with her.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "mary", "remained", "three", "months", "turned", "back", and "house". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "mary" and "remained", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 55's "As He spake unto our fathers To..." into verse 57's "And to Elisabeth was the time fulfilled...", so "mary" and "remained" 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 "mary" and "remained" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.