And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;
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Gill's Exposition
And Mary arose in those days,.... The Ethiopic version renders it, "in that day"; directly, immediately, as soon as the angel was gone from her; partly to know the truth of things, and to make use of…
Barnes' Notes
And Mary arose - The word “arose” here is equivalent to “setting out,” or starting on a journey. The hill country - The region in the vicinity of Jerusalem, commonly called the hill country of Judea.…
Adam Clarke
In those days - As soon as she could conveniently fit herself out for the journey.
Hill country - Hebron, the city of the priests, Jos 21:11, which was situated in the tribe of Judah, about forty…
We have here an interview between the two happy mothers, Elisabeth and Mary: the angel, by intimating to Mary the favour bestowed on her cousin Elisabeth (Luk 1:36), gave occasion for it; and…
The Visit of Mary to Elizabeth
39. in those days Rather, these. Probably within a month of the Annunciation.
went into the hill country Palestine west of the Jordan lies in fourparallel lines of very…
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