Mary visits Elizabeth
Elizabeth welcomed Mary, her cousin, to her home.
Elizabeth was six months pregnant and her baby leaped for joy at the sound of Mary's voice.
In Hebrew Elizabeth means God is my Oath.
Elizabeth was the wife of Zacharias.
Background Reading:
Mary visits Elizabeth
41 When
Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was
filled with the Holy Spirit.42 In a loud voice she
exclaimed: "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear!43 But why am I so favored, that the mother of my
Lord should come to me?44 As soon as the sound of
your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.45 Blessed is she who has believed that what the
Lord has said to her will be accomplished!"
Luke 1:41-45
More Information:
Elizabeth (God is my Oath) like her husband, Zechariah (Jehovah remembers) were from the tribe of Levi.
Elizabeth was told to call her son John the shorten form of Jehohanan which in Hebrew means Jehovah''s gift or God is gracious.
John was to become John the Baptist.