But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? — Elizabeth's question is the humble acknowledgment of the hierarchy: she is the greater among human estimates (older, already pregnant, priestly family, bearer of the promised forerunner) and yet she recognizes that Mary is the bearer of her Lord. The mother of my Lord (hē mētēr tou kyriou mou) is Elizabeth's confession before anyone else makes it — the first human recognition of Jesus' lordship in Luke's Gospel, spoken before Jesus is born.

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