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56. ὡς μῆνας τρεῖς. As this would complete the nine months of Elizabeth’s ‘full time,’ it might seem probable that the Virgin Mary remained at least until the birth of the Baptist.
ὑπέστρεψεν. This is a favourite word of St Luke, and almost (Gal 1:17; Heb 7:1) peculiar to him. It occurs twenty-one times in this Gospel.