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Luke 1:42
and she spake out with a loud voice and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
and she spake out with a loud voice and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
Verse 42. _BLESSED_ ART _THOU AMONG WOMEN_] Repeating the words of the angel, Luke 1:28, of which she had probably been informed by the holy virgin, in the present interview....
BLESSED ART THOU AMONG WOMEN - She here repeated nearly the words of the angel to Mary, esteeming it to be the highest honor among mothers to be the mother of the Messiah. See the notes at Luke 1:28....
THE GOSPEL OF LUKE Analysis and Annotations I. The Birth and Childhood -- Chapter 1-2:52 CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The Introduction. (Luke 1:1)_ 2. Zacharias and Elizabeth; the Vision. (Luke 1:5) 3. John th...
MARY VISITS ELISABETH. THE MAGNIFICAT. The passage links the two preceding incidents, and serves to show the inferiority of John the forerunner, to Jesus the Messiah. Mary (finding herself with child)...
In those days Mary arose and went eagerly to the hill country, to a city of Judah, and went into the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting the babe leaped in h...
AN HISTORIAN'S INTRODUCTION (Luke 1:1-4)...
SPAKE out. cried out. Greek. _anaphoneo_. Occurs only here.. medical word. See Colossians 4:14....
_with a loud voice_ For - _phonç_," voice, B has the stronger word - _kraugç_," cry. _Blessed art thou among women_ i. e. preeminently blessed, as "fairest among women," Song of Solomon 1:8. Similar e...
The Visit of Mary to Elizabeth 39. _in those days_ Rather, THESE. Probably within a month of the Annunciation. _went into the hill country_ Palestine west of the Jordan lies in _four_parallel lines o...
ἈΝΕΦΏΝΗΣΕΝ. Vulg[37] _exclamavit_. [37] Vulg. Vulgate. ΚΡΑΥΓΗ͂Ι ΜΕΓΆΛΗΙ. ‘_with a great cry_.’ The reading φωνῇ, _voice_, ACD, &c. is a commoner but weaker phrase. Ἀνεφώνησεν is ἅπαξ λεγόμενον in th...
THE VISIT OF MARY TO ELIZABETH...
Ver 39. And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda; 40. And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth. 41. And it came to pass, that,...
_THE BIRTH OF JESUS WAS ANNOUNCED -- LUKE 1:26-56:_ A month after the announcement of John's birth God sent Gabriel to Nazareth in Galilee with a message for a virgin named Mary. She was engaged to a...
ΆΝΕΦΏΝΗΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΝΑΦΩΝΈΩ (G400) вызывать, ΕΥΛΟΓΗΜΈΝΗ _perf. pass. part. от_ ΕΎΛΟΓΈΩ (G2127) благословлять. Этот термин может предполагать значения "хвалить" или "одаривать благами" (LN...
BLESSED ART THOU AMONG WOMEN,— It is remarkable, that this is the salutation wherewith Gabriel had addressed Mary. The words, _and blessed is the fruit of thy womb,_ probably allude to the child's bei...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Mary Visited Elizabeth Scripture_ Luke 1:39-56 And Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah; 40 and entered into the house of Zac...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 4 Predictions of the Redeemer (Luke 1:26-56) 26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27to a virgin betrothed to a man...
And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. AND SHE SPAKE OUT. This word [ anefooneese (G400)] is often used classically of p...
18 Zacharias does not believe the glad news. Hence he is stricken dumb, for unbelief has no right to speak of the things of God. 19 Gabriel gave Daniel the explanation of two of his visions (Dan_8:16...
BIRTH OF JOHN. THE ANNUNCIATION 1-4. Preface. To write a preface to a history is not a Jewish, but a classical custom, and by following it St. Luke shows himself a true Gentile, trained in Greek cult...
MARY'S VISIT TO ELISABETH. THE MAGNIFICAT. This beautiful narrative must be derived from Mary herself, probably directly. It is told as vividly and minutely after a lapse of half-a-century as if it we...
BLESSED _art_ THOU AMONG WOMEN] A Hebraism for 'Thou art the most blessed of all women': see on Luke 1:48....
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ THE AUTHOR Luke wrote two books of the *New Testament (NT). Luke’s *Gospel tells the story of the life and work of Jesus. Luke’s second book, Acts, continues...
BLESSED ART THOU AMONG WOMEN. — The language, like that of most of the utterances in these Chapter s, is taken from the poetry of the older Scriptures, but there is a singular contrast between its app...
CHAPTER 4 THE VIRGIN MOTHER. THE Beautiful Gate of the Jewish Temple opened into the "Court of the Women"-so named from the fact that they were not allowed any nearer approach towards the Holy Place....
CHAPTER 3 THE GOSPEL PSALMS. UNLIKE modern church-builders, St. Luke sets his chancel by the porch. No sooner have we passed through the vestibule of his Gospel than we find ourselves within a circle...
ἀνεφώνησεν : here only in N. T. The verb, with the following words, κραυγῇ μεγάλῃ, point to an unrestrained utterance under the influence of irrepressible feeling, thoroughly true to feminine nature:...
_Mary visits Elizabeth_....
THE SONG OF THE VIRGIN MOTHER Luke 1:39-56 Zacharias lived in a Levitical city in the hill country of Judah. The narrative evidently implies that there had been no previous communication between the...
And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed [art] thou among women, and (p) blessed [is] the fruit of thy womb. (p) Christ is blessed with respect to his humanity....
In the same words she is pronounced blessed by Elizabeth, and by the angel Gabriel, both inspired by the Holy Ghost, and this not only to the praise of Jesus, but for his sake, to the praise of Mary,...
MARY'S SUBMISSION 34-38. _“And Mary said, Behold the handmaiden of the Lord: may it he unto me according to thy word.”_ Good Lord, give us the faith of Mary, that we may perfectly submit to Thy Word a...
THIRD NARRATIVE: MARY'S VISIT TO ELIZABETH, LUKE 1:39-56. This narrative is, as it were, the synthesis of the two preceding. These two divinely favoured women meet and pour forth their hearts. 1. Arr...
2. _The salutation of Elizabeth: Luke 1:42-45_. “ _And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb._ 43. _And whence is this to me, th...
FIRST PART: THE NARRATIVES OF THE INFANCY, LUKE 1:5 TO LUKE 2:52 Both the first and the third Gospel open with a cycle of narratives relating to the birth and childhood of Jesus. These narratives do n...
(39) And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda; (40) And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth. (41) And it came to pass, that,...
The preface of Luke's gospel is as instructive as the introduction of either of the two preceding gospels. It is obvious to any serious reader that we enter a totally different province, though all be...
42._Blessed art thou _She seems to put Mary and Christ on an equal footing, which would have been highly improper. But I cheerfully agree with those who think that the second clause assigns the reason...
Many had undertaken to give an account of that which was historically received among Christians, as related to them by the companions of Jesus; and Luke thought it well having followed these things fr...
AND SHE SPAKE OUT WITH A LOUD VOICE,.... So as that all in the house might hear; she spake with great vehemency of soul, and strength of affection, being under a very powerful impression of the Spirit...
And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed _art_ thou among women, and blessed _is_ the fruit of thy womb. Ver. 42. _Blessed art thou among women_] So is Jael, the wife of Heber, said to...
_Mary arose in those days_ That is, soon after the time that she had received the extraordinary message mentioned above; _and went into the hill-country_ Where Elisabeth dwelt, although it was at leas...
LUKE'S GOSPEL WRITTEN FOR A GENTILE RULER (vs.1-4) Luke's introduction shows that, though he was concerned about giving exact information in this letter to Theophilus, he had not thought of being an...
39-56 It is very good for those who have the work of grace begun in their souls, to communicate one to another. On Mary's arrival, Elisabeth was conscious of the approach of her who was to be the mot...
Elisabeth useth the same words to Mary which the angel had used for her, LUKE 1:28; that is, thou art an exceedingly happy woman, not only renowned, but one whom God hath greatly favoured and exceedin...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III ," that it might declare the generation of Him who should be [born] from the Virgin, as Elisabeth testified when filled with the Holy Ghost, saying to Mary, "Blesse...
Luke 1:42 Then G2532 out G400 (G5656) loud G3173 voice G5456 and G2532 said G2036 (G5627) Blessed...
ON THE HARMONY with the account in Matthew. Views: 1. That the events recorded in Matthew 1:18-25 took place before the visit to Elisabeth. It is urged that a betrothed virgin would not be permitted t...
Luke 1:42. BLESSED ART THOU AMONG WOMEN. Blessed by God, beyond other women, rather than blessed by other women, although the latter followed as a consequence (chap. Luke 11:27). BLESSED IS THE FRUIT...
WITH A LOUD CRY (κραυγη μεγαλη). A moment of ecstatic excitement.BLESSED ART THOU (ευλογημενη). Perfect passive participle. A Hebraistic equivalent for the superlative....
Luke 1:39. _And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda; and entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth. And it came to pass, that, whe...
Luke 1:5. _There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. And they...
Luke 1:26. _And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgi...
CONTENTS: Birth of John the Baptist foretold. Virgin birth of Jesus foretold. Mary's visit to Elizabeth. Mary's praise because of Jehovah's favor. Birth of John the Baptist. CHARACTERS: Holy Spirit,...
Luke 1:1. _Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things,_ which within a short compass of years have been acted and accomplished among us. In the first age,...
Elizabeth speaks in the poetic imagery of the Middle East, and she speaks as a prophet. MY LORD'S MOTHER. Mary was to be the mother of Jesus, our Lord and Savior. [Note the pre-existence of Jesus (Col...
_And Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country_ THE HOME OF ZACHARIAS Juttah, an ancient priestly town, is held by the Greek Church to be the birthplace of St. John the Baptist, and as...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 1:5 The Infancy Narrative. The opening (Luke 1:8) and conclusion (Luke 2:21) of this secti
VER. 35. _And the Angel answered... the Holy Ghost shall come upon thee_, &c. Mark here that the Incarnation is limited only to the Person of the Word, or Son of God: for He alone was incarnate and ma...
_And she spake out with a loud vote and said, Blessed art thou among women._ Thou art most blessed of all women because thou hast been chosen to be the Mother of God Whom the whole world cannot receiv...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 1:39. CITY OF JUDAH.—The city is not named. Probably it was not Hebron, as a place so well known would most likely have been named. The conjecture that Judah is a corruption of J...
EXPOSITION THE origin of the Gospels—the four histories which relate in detail the circumstances of the foundation of Christianity—will ever be an interesting study. Here we shall never know the exact...
Luke, the author of this third gospel, was called by Paul the apostle "the beloved physician." There is some speculation that his patron was a man by the name of Theophilus. In those days physicians w...
Acts 2:26; Genesis 22:18; Hebrews 12:2; Judges 5:24; Luke 19:38;...
She spake out with a loud voice [α ν ε φ ω ν η σ ε φ ω ν η μ ε γ α λ η]. For fwnh, voice, read kraugh, cry : inarticulate, though fwnh may also be used of inarticulate utterance. Rev., rightly, She li...
THE REVELATIONS OF GOD Luke 1:5 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We begin here a series of studies taken from the Gospel of Luke. This is the Gospel that emphasizes the Lord Jesus Christ as the Son of Man. It wi...
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