When God became man: Testimonies of mother, child

"And she cried out with a loud voice, and said, 'Blessed are you among women, blessed is the fruit of your womb! And how has it happened to me, that the mother of my Lord would come to me?'" (Luke 1:42-43).

Mary apparently traveled soon after Gabriel's announcement to see Elizabeth, a relative who the angel had told her was bearing a child. Two supernatural events took place when Mary greeted Elizabeth in her home (Luke 1:39-44): Elizabeth's son leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth immediately recognized Mary was carrying the Messiah in hers.

The Son in Mary's womb was not far removed from conception when these affirmations of His deity took place, based on the information we have in Luke 1. The embryo in the virgin's womb was God, and Elizabeth and her unborn son attested to this miraculous reality. Even then, as the smallest of human beings, Jesus' power and majesty were being manifested.