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LUKE 1:46 Maria,m {A}
Who is represented as the speaker of the Magnificat? According to the
overwhelming preponderance of evidence, comprising all Greek witnesses
and almost all versional and patrist...
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Verse 46. _AND MARY SAID_] Two copies of the _Itala_, and some books
mentioned by _Origen_, give this song to _Elisabeth_. It is a
counterpart of the song of Hannah, as related in 1 Samuel 2:1.
This...
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MY SOUL DOTH MAGNIFY THE LORD - To “magnify” means to “make
great,” and then to “extol,” to “praise,” to
“celebrate.” It does not mean here strictly to “make great,”
but to increase “in our estimation...
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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...
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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)...
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And Mary said, "My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit has exulted
in God, my Saviour, because he looked graciously on the humble estate
of his servant. For--look you--from now on all generations s...
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AN HISTORIAN'S INTRODUCTION (Luke 1:1-4)...
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MARY. From. common practice of transcribers in replacing. pronoun by
the corresponding proper noun, or name, some have thought that this
hymn is. continuation of Elisabeth's words. And the Structure f...
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The Magnificat
46. _And Mary said_ This chapter is remarkable for preserving a record
of two inspired hymns the _Magnificat_and the _Benedictus_which have
been used for more than a thousand years in t...
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THE MAGNIFICAT...
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ΚΑῚ ΕἾΠΕΝ ΜΑΡΙΆΜ. The use of the calm word εἶπεν
to describe the submissive and meek utterance of Mary, after the wild
ἀνεφώνησεν κραυγῇ μεγάλῃ (Luke 1:42) of
Elizabeth is one of the many exquisite to...
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VER 46. AND MARY SAID, MY SOUL DOTH MAGNIFY THE LORD.
AMBROSE; As evil came into the world by a woman, so also is good
introduced by women; and so it seems not without meaning, that both
Elisabeth pr...
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_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...
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DISCOURSE: 1468
THE VIRGIN’S SONG OF PRAISE
Luke 1:46. _And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my
spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour_.
THE characteristic features of the unregenerate m...
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AND MARY SAID, &C.— The virgin, having heard Elisabeth speak thus,
was likewise filled with the Holy Ghost; so that being inspired she
expressed the deepest sense of her own unworthiness, and of the
i...
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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...
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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...
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And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
AND MARY SAID - Magnificent canticle! in which the strain of Hannah's
ancient song, in like circumstances, is caught up, and just slightly
modified and...
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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...
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THE MAGNIFICAT. This glorious song of praise, which has been used in
the services of the Church from early times, tells us more than
anything else in the NT. of the character of our Lord's mother, and...
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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...
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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...
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In the Gospels (not in the Pauline Epistles) 'soul' and 'spirit' are
synonymous....
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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...
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MY SOUL DOTH MAGNIFY THE LORD. — We come to the first of the great
canticles recorded by St. Luke, which, since the time of Cæsarius of
Arles (A.D. 540), who first introduced them into public worship,...
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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....
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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...
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(5) And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
(5) Christ, the redeemer of the afflicted and revenger of the proud,
promised long ago to the fathers, is now finally exhibited indeed....
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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...
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_a._ The contrast between the tone of this canticle and Elizabeth's
discourse forbids the admission of the reading of some Latin
authorities which puts it in the mouth of the latter. It is, indeed,
Ma...
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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...
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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...
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3. _The song of Mary: Luke 1:46-56_. Elizabeth's salutation was full
of excitement (_she spake out with a loud voice_), but Mary's hymn
breathes a sentiment of deep inward repose. The greater happines...
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(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,...
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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...
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_THE SONG OF THE VIRGIN_
‘My soul doth magnify the Lord.… As He spake to our fathers, to
Abraham, and to his seed for ever.’
Luke 1:46
Next to the Lord’s Prayer, perhaps, few passages of Scripture...
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Now follows a remarkable and interesting song of the holy virgin,
which plainly shows how eminent were her attainments in the grace of
the Spirit. There are three clauses in this song. First, Mary off...
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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...
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AND MARY SAID, MY SOUL DOTH MAGNIFY THE LORD. Either Jehovah, the
Father, or the Son; who, as he was David's Lord, according to his
divine nature, though his son after the flesh, was, in the same sens...
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And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
Ver. 46. _And Mary said_] See the benefit of good society, and how one
Christian kindleth another. "As iron sharpeneth iron, so doth the face
of a man hi...
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_And Mary said_ Under a prophetic impulse, several things which
perhaps she herself did not then fully understand. Having heard
Elisabeth speak, as above related, she likewise was filled with the
Holy...
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The virgin Mary found no source of joy in herself. She ascribed all
her blessings to the Lord, and rejoiced in him as God her Saviour,
while she magnified his grace in so distinguishing her that "all...
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AND MARY SAID, MY SOUL DOTH MAGNIFY THE LORD,...
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The hymn of Mary:...
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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...
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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...
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Ver. 46,47. We are now come to the famous song of the blessed virgin,
upon whom also the Spirit of the Lord comes upon this occasion. She
first solemnly gives praise unto God, then by various expressi...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III
For He hath taken up His child Israel, in remembrance of His mercy, as
He spake to our fathers, Abraham, and his seed for ever."[95]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book...
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Luke 1:46 And G2532 Mary G3137 said G2036 (G5627) My G3450 soul G5590
magnifies G3170 (G5719) Lord...
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Luke 1:46. AND MARY SAID. The influence of the Holy Spirit is not
asserted, but assumed in Mary's case. ‘The angel's visit was
vouchsafed to Mary later than to Zacharias, yet her song of
thanksgiving...
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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...
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DOTH MAGNIFY
(μεγαλυνε). Latin, _magnificat_. Harnack argues that this is
also the song of Elisabeth because a few Latin MSS. have it so, but
Mary is correct. She draws her material from the O.T. a...
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Luke 1:46
The Reverence due to the Blessed Virgin.
Note:
I. The singular beauty and purity and steadiness of character which
are manifested in those passages of St. Mary's life which come before
us...
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Luke 1:46
The Soul rejoicing in God.
These words express:
I. The satisfaction which man's reason experiences at contact with
God. God satisfies some of the deepest yearnings of our intellectual
natu...
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Luke 1:46
I. How the Blessed Virgin was engaged when the Angel Gabriel came in
unto her, with his famous words of heavenly salutation on his lips, we
know not. We do but know that she was _within,_and...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Luke 1:46. _And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my
spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour._
The burden of Mary's Magnificat is very similar to Hannah's song,
though there was one respec...
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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,...
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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,...
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MARY SAID. Mary is also filled with the Holy Spirit. These two holy
women are the first human prophets of the New Testament Age. Mary
speaks the language of the Psalms. In Luke 1:46-49, she praises Go...
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_My soul doth magnify the Lord_
MARY’S SONG
Mary was on a visit when she expressed her joy in the language of this
noble song.
It were well if all our social intercourse were as useful to our
hearts...
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LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 1:46 Mary’s song of praise traditionally has
been called the “Magnificat,” based on the Latin for the opening
word, “magnifies.” The Magnificat is the first of three hymns in
chs. Lu...
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LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 1:5 The Infancy Narrative. The opening (Luke 1:8)
and conclusion (Luke 2:21) of this secti
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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...
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_And Mary said, My soul_, &c. Fitly does Mary make answer to the
praises of herself celebrated by Elizabeth, by referring them to their
fountain, _i.e_. to God. S. Bernard (_Serm. in Revelation 12_) s...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 1:31; 1 Peter 1:8; 1 Samuel 2:1; 2 Corinthians 2:14;...
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Said [ε ι π ε ν]. Simply. Compare verse 42. "Elizabeth's
salutation was full of excitement, but Mary's hymn breathes a
sentiment of deep inward repose" (Godet). Compare the song of Hannah
(1 Samual 2)...
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THE SEVEN MAGNIFICATS
_Selections from Luke 1:1 and Luke 2:1_
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
By way of introduction to the seven Magnificats, we will study the
annunciation of the birth of Christ, as it was giv...
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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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And Mary said — Under a prophetic impulse, several things, which
perhaps she herself did not then fully understand....
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Was Mary born sinless as Roman Catholics claim?
PROBLEM: Roman Catholics claim that Mary the mother of Jesus was
immaculately conceived (i.e., conceived without sin). However, with
the exception of Ch...
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This is the first canticles, or song of praise, recorded in the New
Testament, composted by the blessed virgin with unspeakable joy, for
designing her to be the instrument of the conception and birth...