Bible Strands
Luke 1:57
When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records Elizabeth’s delivery at the exact moment her pregnancy concludes, positioned between Mary’s departure and the neighbors’ rejoicing.
The words — ἐπλήσθη (eplēsthē) translates literally as “was fulfilled,” marking the precise arrival of the appointed moment for childbirth.
The thread — The narrative places this event alongside the angel’s earlier declaration to Zechariah (Luke 1:13), mirrors the birth pattern at Genesis 21:2, and aligns with the chronological marker in Luke 2:6.
Why it lands — The text reports a biological event without commentary, requiring the reader to observe how the recorded timeline tracks divine promise and to note the structural continuity with subsequent birth accounts.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Now Elisabeth’s full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.
Cross-references
- Luke 1:13 But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.
- Genesis 21:2 So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised.
- Luke 2:6 While they were there, the time came for her Child to be born.
- Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?