Luke 1:25

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²⁵“This is what^[a] the Lord has done for me at the time^[b] when he has been gracious to me,^[c] to take away my disgrace^[d] among people.”^[e]

Luke 1:25 tn Grk “Thus.”
Luke 1:25 tn Grk “in the days.”
Luke 1:25 tn Grk “has looked on me” (an idiom for taking favorable notice of someone).
Luke 1:25 sn Barrenness was often seen as a reproach or disgrace (Lev 20:20-21; Jer 22:30), but now at her late age (the exact age is never given in Luke’s account), God had miraculously removed it (see also Luke 1:7).
Luke 1:25 tn Grk “among men,” but the context clearly indicates a generic use of ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos) here.

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