Modesty a Retiring Grace
Hartwig. Luke 1:24 And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying, Desirous of plucking one of the elegant sea-anemones, you extend your hand; but, at the slightest touch, its beautiful coronet begins to curl, and incurve in the form of a cup. If further annoyed, the rim of this cup contracts more and more, until the animated blossom, now transformed into a shrivelled, shapeless mass, and receding all the time from the rude assault, retires under the cover of its rocky fortress, or clings with such tenacity to the stone to which it is attached, that you will sooner tear it to pieces than make it forego its grasp. (Hartwig.) Parallel Verses KJV: And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying, WEB: After these days Elizabeth, his wife, conceived, and she hid herself five months, saying,