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Verse 51. _HE HATH SHOWED STRENGTH_] Or, _He hath gained the _
_victory_, εποιησε κρατος. The word κρατος is used
for _victory_, by _Homer, Hesiod, Sophocles, Euripides_, and others.
_WITH HIS ARM_]...
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HATH SHOWED STRENGTH WITH HIS ARM - The “arm” is the symbol of
strength. The expression in this and the subsequent verses has no
particular reference to his mercy to Mary. From a contemplation of His...
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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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WITH. Greek. _en._ App-104.
HIS ARM. Figure of speech _Anthrapopatheia._ App-6. Compare Isaiah
52:10; Isaiah 59:1; Isaiah 59:16....
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_with his arm_ "Thou hast a mighty arm," Psalms 89:13. The nearest
parallel to the remainder of the verse is Job 5:12....
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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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ἘΠΟΊΗΣΕΝ ΚΡΆΤΟΣ. A Hebraism. Psalms 118:15, &c.
ἘΝ ΒΡΑΧΊΟΝΙ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂. “Thou hast a mighty arm,”
Psalms 89:13. The nearest parallel to the remainder of the verse is
Job 5:12....
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VER 51. HE HAS SHOWN STRENGTH WITH HIS ARM, HE HAS SCATTERED THE PROUD
IN THE IMAGINATION OF THEIR HEARTS.
THEOPHYL; In describing the state of mankind, she shows what the proud
deserve, and what the...
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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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HE HATH SHEWED STRENGTH, &C.— It is an observation of Grotius, that
God's great power is represented by his _finger;_ his greater, by his
_hand;_ and his greatest by his _arm._ The production of _lice...
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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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For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his
name.
FOR HE THAT IS MIGHTY HATH DONE TO ME GREAT THINGS ...
Verse 50. AND HIS MERCY IS ON THEM THAT FEAR HIM FROM GENERATION...
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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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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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HE HATH SHEWED STRENGTH. — Literally, _He wrought strength._ Here
the parallelism with 1 Samuel 2:3 becomes very close. Of whom the
speaker thought as among the “proud,” we cannot know. They may
have...
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_Mary's song_. μεγαλύνει : _magnificat_, Vulg [10], whence
the ecclesiastical name for this hymn, which has close affinities with
the song of Hanna in 1 Samuel 2:1-10; variously regarded by critics:
b...
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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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He hath shewed strength with his (t) arm; he hath (u) scattered the
proud in the (x) imagination of their hearts.
(t) Here many more words than necessary are used, which the Hebrews
use very much: an...
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The wise men of the Gentiles, the Pharisees and Scribes, were
powerful; but these the Almighty cast down, and exalted those, _who
humbled themselves under his powerful hand. (1 Peter v.) The Jews were...
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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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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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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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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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A much more strongly marked poetical parallelism characterizes this
strophe. Mary here describes with a thrill of emotion, of which even
her language partakes, the great Messianic revolution, the
comm...
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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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51._He hath done might _This means, “he hath wrought powerfully.”
The _arm _of God is contrasted with every other aid: as in Isaiah,
“I looked, and there was none to help,” (Isaiah 63:5;)
_“therefore,...
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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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HE HATH SHOWED STRENGTH WITH HIS ARM,.... Of almighty power, in the
business of the incarnation, and in working out salvation for his
people; which is done by his own arm, he being mighty to save, and...
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He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in
the imagination of their hearts.
Ver. 51. _He hath showed strength, &c._] It appears by the whole
frame of this holy song, that th...
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_He that is mighty_ Beyond all our conceptions, even the Almighty God,
to whom this strange event is not only possible, but easy; _hath done
to me great things Miracles_, as the words μεγαλα and
μεγαλ...
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SHOWED STRENGTH; in protecting his people and overcoming their foes....
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HE HATH SHOWED STRENGTH WITH HIS ARM; HE HATH SCATTERED THE PROUD IN
THE IMAGINATION OF THEIR HEARTS....
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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. 51,52. In these verses the virgin celebrates both the power and
justice of God, as she before had done his holiness, and his mercy and
goodness. The strength of a man is much seen in the effects...
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Pseudo-Gregory Thaumaturgus Second Homily
For He hath blessed every age, both men and women, both young men and
youths, and old men. "He hath made strength with His arm,"[33]...
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Luke 1:51 shown G4160 (G5656) strength G2904 with G1722 His G846 arm
G1023 scattered G1287 (G5656) proud...
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Luke 1:51. HE HATH SHEWED STRENGTH. The past tense in this and the
following verses, is used prophetically, according to the common usage
of sacred Hebrew poetry. What the Lord has done for her leads...
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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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SHOWED STRENGTH
(εποιησεν κρατος). "Made might" (Wycliff). A Hebrew
conception as in Psalms 118:15. Plummer notes six aorist indicatives
in this sentence (Luke 1:51-63), neither corresponding to ou...
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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 1:50 FEAR. Reverent, humble obedience that seeks
to please God. The second reason for Mary’s praise is introduced by
HE HAS SHOWN STRENGTH WITH HIS ARM, a tribute to God’s power....
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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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_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 Peter 5:5; 1 Samuel 2:10; 1 Samuel 2:3; 1 Samuel 2:4; 1 Samuel 2:9;...
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Shewed strength [ε π ο ι η σ ε ν κ ρ α τ ο ς]. Lit.,
made strength. So Wyc., made might. A Hebrew form of expression.
Compare Psalms 118:15, Sept. : "The right hand of the Lord doeth
valiantly" (ejpoi...
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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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He hath wrought strength with his arm — That is, he hath shown the
exceeding greatness of his power. She speaks prophetically of those
things as already done, which God was about to do by the Messiah....