Mary visits Elizabeth: the Magnificat
Mary hurried to the hill country of Judea to visit Elizabeth. The unborn John leaped at her greeting, and Mary praised God in a song that echoes Hannah's prayer.
Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord. My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior”
Luke 1:46–47 (World English Bible)
Filled with the Holy Spirit, Elizabeth called Mary “the mother of my Lord” (Luke 1:43). Mary's song, known from its first word in Latin as the Magnificat, praises God who scatters the proud, brings down rulers, and lifts up the humble, keeping his promise to Abraham. Mary stayed about three months before returning home.
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Dating notes
Ussher: 5 BC.