Luke 1:25 · KJV
“Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on {me}, to take away my reproach among men.”
— Luke 1:25
And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying,
And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
Luke 1 — Context
And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of his ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house.
24And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying,
25Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on {me}, to take away my reproach among men.
26And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
27To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name {was} Mary.
Cross References
Genesis 30:22-23
And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
Isaiah 4:1
And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach. {let...: Heb. let thy name be called upon us} {to take...: or, take thou away}
Isaiah 54:1-4
Sing, O barren, thou {that} didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou {that} didst not travail with child: for more {are} the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.
Genesis 21:1-2
And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
Genesis 25:21
And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she {was} barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
1 Samuel 1:6
And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb. {provoked: Heb. angered}
Hebrews 11:11
Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
1 Samuel 2:21-22
And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.