ἐν τ. ἡ. ταὑταις in these (not those = ἐκείναις, A. V [9]) days = at the time of the angelic visit. μετὰ σπουδῆς : no time lost, a most natural visit from one woman with a high hope, to another, a friend, in a similar state of mind. εἰς τὴν ὀρεινὴν (χώραν, again Luke 1:65): into the hill country, referring to the southern hill country of Judah, Benjamin and Ephraim. Galilee had a hill country too. The expression has been supposed to point to the origin of Lk.'s document in Judaea (Hillmann). εἰς πόλιν Ἰούδα, to a city of Judah, not particularly named. Reland (Palaestina) conjectures that we should read Jutta, the name of a priestly city mentioned twice in Joshua (Joshua 15:55; Luke 21:16).

[9] Authorised Version.

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