She called out with a loud voice, and said, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
This greeting from Elizabeth did not follow Mary's revelation of her own conception, but preceded it, Elizabeth having become aware of it through the direct revelation of the Holy Spirit.  Her words, therefore, were of monumental encouragement to the virgin who would at once have accepted Elizabeth's salutation as a divine confirmation of all that the angel Gabriel had foretold.