After Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit (Luke 1:26-38) Mary went to visit her cousin in the hills outside of Jerusalem. Luke 1:39-45 (ESV) 39 In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a town in Judah, 40 and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. 41 And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, 42 and she exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! 43 And why is this granted to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 44 For behold, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. 45 And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord.” John the Baptist knew the Gift of God (Jesus) that Mary was carrying. John the Baptist was but 6 months old in his mother’s womb and knew whom Mary was carry for he “leaped for joy.” Is faith and wisdom of God a gift of God or what!? The angel was right when he told Mary (Luke 1:37), “For nothing is impossible with God!”
