Elizabeth gets a visit from Mary
Elizabeth welcomes Mary her cousin to her home. Elizabeth is six months pregnant and the baby leaps for joy at the sound of Mary's voice.
Elizabeth in Hebrew means God is my Oath.
Elizabeth is the wife of Zacharias.
Background Reading:
Luke 1:41-45
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!"
More Information:
Elizabeth
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 means Jehovah's gift or God is gracious.
John was to become John the Baptist.