What to say about Elizabeth's response when Mary came to visit (Luke 1.43-44). She speaks out—as Luke notes—in the power of the Holy Spirit and declares that this relative that is decades younger than her (40 years?) is the mother of her Lord! Whatever Mary felt about the greeting at the time, we assume that through the years as she watched Christ's life, ministry, death, and resurrection, the words made more and more sense to her. Since we assume that Luke got this information straight from Mary's mouth (which would have been 4 decades or so later), we can see what an impact they had on her.
Elizabeth's humility is well illustrated because she shows not the least sign about being reticent to blurt out what the Holy Spirit had put on her tongue, even though she is the older and wiser one.
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