“And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:”
When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit — the leaping of the baby in the womb at the sound of Mary's voice is the prophetic recognition of the greater one by the lesser, even before either child is born. The leaping of John fulfills his filling with the Spirit from the womb (verse 15) — the Spirit-filled forerunner responds to the presence of the one he has been sent to precede. Elizabeth's simultaneous filling with the Holy Spirit positions her as the prophetic voice of the following exclamation.
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