Peter and John healed a lame man in the name of Jesus. This man had been lame since birth and had spent his life begging. The people who saw that man after he was healed were amazed. The church leaders were disturbed. They didn’t want any competition for religious authority. I would guess that they also didn’t want to admit thatRead More>>

This is Elizabeth speaking to Mary. Elizabeth was Mary’s relative. She was much older, and was pregnant with John the Baptist when Mary (now pregnant with Jesus) came to visit her.
Because God filled Elizabeth with the Holy Spirit (v. 41), she knew that Mary was pregnant with the Messiah. She was excited and encouraging and also humbled. That’s a great example. And Mary was in a tough situation. Pregnant out of wedlock with a story that no one would believe. It must have been such a relief that Elizabeth understood.
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