SEV Biblia, Chapter 1:39
¶ En aquellos días levantndose María, fue a la montaa con prisa, a una ciudad de Jud;
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Luke 1:39
Verse 39. In those days] As soon as she could conveniently fit herself out for the journey. Hill country] Hebron, the city of the priests, Josh. xxi. 11, which was situated in the tribe of Judah, about forty miles south of Jerusalem, and upwards of seventy from Nazareth.
With haste] This probably refers to nothing else than the earnestness of her mind to visit her relative Elisabeth, and to see what the Lord had wrought for her.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 39. And Mary arose in those days , etc.] 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 the sign which had been given her, for the further confirmation of her faith, which was very right and proper for her to do; and partly to converse with Elisabeth about the great things which God had done for each of them, and to praise his name together: and went into the hill country with haste; the same which is called the country of the hills, and the hills, and the mountains, in ( Joshua 10:40 11:2,16 16:1 18:13 2 Chronicles 26:10) where the Septuagint use the same word as here: the land of Judea was divided into three parts, rhh , the mountain, or hill country, the champaign country, and the valley f74 : from Betboron to Emmaus is rh , the hill country; from Emmaus to Lud, or Lydda, is the champaign country; and from Lydda to the sea, the valley f75 . This place is frequently called, in the Jewish writings f76 , the king's mountain, or the royal mountain, and is said to be very full of cities: ten thousand cities, they say f77 , were in the king's mountain, and a thousand of them belonged to R. Eleazer ben Harsum: yea, they say f78 , that king Jannai had sixty myriads of cities in the mountain of the king. The Syriac, Arabic, and Persic versions render it, went to the mountain, to this mountain, and which is called the mountain, or, as we read it, the hill country of Judah, ( Joshua 21:11) on which Hebron was situated; and seems to be the city next mentioned: into a city of Judah; for that was given to the children of Aaron and so may reasonably be thought to be the city where Zacharias dwelt, and not Jerusalem, which was in the tribe of Benjamin. Hebron was a city peculiar to the priests; whereas Jerusalem was not; and it was in the hill country of Judea; it was remarkable for the goodness of its stones. It is said f79 you have no stones in all the land of Israel harder than at Hebron; hence they buried the dead there.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 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 wa conscious of the approach of her who was to be the mother of the grea Redeemer. At the same time she was filled with the Holy Ghost, an under his influence declared that Mary and her expected child were mos blessed and happy, as peculiarly honoured of and dear to the Most Hig God. Mary, animated by Elisabeth's address, and being also under the influence of the Holy Ghost, broke out into joy, admiration, an gratitude. She knew herself to be a sinner who needed a Saviour, an that she could no otherwise rejoice in God than as interested in his salvation through the promised Messiah. Those who see their need of Christ, and are desirous of righteousness and life in him, he fill with good things, with the best things; and they are abundantl satisfied with the blessings he gives. He will satisfy the desires of the poor in spirit who long for spiritual blessings, while the self-sufficient shall be sent empty away.
Greek Textus Receptus
αναστασα 450 5631 V-2AAP-NSF δε 1161 CONJ μαριαμ 3137 N-PRI εν 1722 PREP ταις 3588 T-DPF ημεραις 2250 N-DPF ταυταις 3778 D-DPF επορευθη 4198 5675 V-AOI-3S εις 1519 PREP την 3588 T-ASF ορεινην 3714 A-ASF μετα 3326 PREP σπουδης 4710 N-GSF εις 1519 PREP πολιν 4172 N-ASF ιουδα 2448 N-GSM
Robertson's NT Word Studies
1:39 {Arose} (anastasa). Luke is very fond of this word, sixty times against twenty-two in the rest of the N.T. {Into the hill country} (eis ten orinen). Luke uses this adjective twice in this context (here and #1:65) instead of to oros, the mountains. It is an old word and is in the LXX, but nowhere else in the N.T. The name of the city where Zacharias lived is not given unless Judah here means Juttah (#Jos 15:55). Hebron was the chief city of this part of Judea.
