Luke 1 · Verse 56

Luke 1:56

And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own house.

Luke 1:56, King James Version

Luke 1:56 in other translations

BSB	Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.
WEB	Mary stayed with her about three months, and then returned to her house.
ASV	And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned unto her house.
YLT	And Mary remained with her about three months, and turned back to her house.
DARBY	And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her house.
BBE	And Mary was with her for about three months and then went back to her house.
Webster	And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own house.

What does Luke 1:56 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

56. abode with her about three months--What an honored roof was that which, for such a period, overarched these cousins! and yet not a trace of it is now to be seen, while the progeny of those two women--the one but the honored pioneer of the other--have made the world new. returned to her own house--at Nazareth, after which took place what is recorded in Mt 1:18-25.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 56 And Mary abode with her about three months - According to some, the departure of Mary from Hebron must have been but a few days before the birth of John; as nine months had now elapsed since Elisabeth's conception; see Luk 1:36. Hence it immediately follows: -

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 1:39-56

It is very good for those who have the work of grace begun in their souls, to communicate one to another. On Mary's arrival, Elisabeth was conscious of the approach of her who was to be the mother of the great Redeemer. At the same time she was filled with the Holy Ghost, and under his influence declared that Mary and her expected child were most blessed and happy, as peculiarly honoured of and dear to the Most High…

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Luke 1:56 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἜμεινενEmeinenDweltG3306

δὲdethenG1161

ΜαριὰμMariamMaryG3137

σὺνsunwithG4862

αὐτῇautēaherG846

ὡςhōsaboutG5613

μῆναςmēnasmonthsG3376

τρεῖςtreisthreeG5140

καὶkaiandG2532

ὑπέστρεψενhupestrepsenreturnedG5290

εἰςeistoG1519

τὸνtontheG3588

οἶκονoikonhomeG3624

αὐτῆς.¶autēsof her.G846

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

Luke 1:55
As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
Luke 1:56
And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own house.
Luke 1:57
Now Elisabeth’s full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.

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Luke 1:56 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y se quedó María con ella como tres meses: después se volvió á su casa.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	– Et Marie demeura avec elle environ trois mois; et elle s’en retourna en sa maison.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und Maria blieb ungefähr drei Monate bei ihr; und sie kehrte nach ihrem Hause zurück.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Mansit autem Maria cum illa quasi mensibus tribus: et reversa est in domum suam.