E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 1:45
blessed = happy. Not the same word as in Luke 1:42 . performance = fulfilment. from. Greek para. App-104 . read more
Lucas 1:41-45, Lucas 1:67-79 Nvi
E.W. Bullinger
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 1:42
And she lifted up her voice with a loud cry, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.One may only be astounded at the declaration to the effect that "Elizabeth's exclamation was not unlike uncontrollable ecstatic behavior"![31] Indeed! Indeed! Where is there any evidence of any such thing as that? The loud cry of Elizabeth could have been nothing else except a shout of joy; and, as for the notion that her actions were uncontrollable, such a view is refuted... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 1:43
And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come unto me?The New Testament does not relate just how Elizabeth had arrived at the conclusion that Mary would be the mother of the Messiah; but the active voice of prophecy in Zacharias, as well as her own inspiration, had left no doubt whatever of the fact. Her words in this verse recognized Jesus as God within a short while after his conception. read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 1:44
For behold, when the voice of thy salutation came into mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.Thus, Elizabeth interpreted that leaping of the unborn child as proof that the Saviour was already conceived in the virgin's womb; and this was spoken by Elizabeth as proving the implications of what she had just said in the previous verse. At the age of six months, there would already have been a number of "quickenings" by the unborn son; but there was something extraordinary about what... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 1:45
And blessed is she that believed; for there shall be a fulfillment of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord.Elizabeth's use of the word "Lord" here and in Luke 1:43 is significant. There it means "Messiah," and here it means the Father in heaven. This testifies at once to the oneness of God and Christ, and to the fact of their being two different persons; hence, there can be no valid ground here for denominating Mary as the "Mother of God."THE MAGNIFICATMary's marvelous... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 1:42
Luke 1:42. 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 being the promised Seed, in whom all the families of the earth were to be blessed, and who for that reason was blessed himself: see Psalms 72:17. read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 1:43
Luke 1:43. That the mother of my Lord should come, &c.— If Elisabeth had not spoken by inspiration, as we are told, Luk 1:41 she could not so much as have suspected that Mary was to be mother of the Messiah; but it being revealed to her, she was greatly struck with the honour that was done her, and expressed her sense thereof by asking, in a rapture of astonishment, how it came to be conferred upon her? "How have I deserved this honour, that the mother of the Messiah, my Lord and Saviour,... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 1:45
Luke 1:45. And blessed is she that believed, &c.— Dr. Heylin, in agreement with the margin of our English version, renders it, And blessed is she who believed that there shall be, &c. Elisabeth in these words plainly commended the faith and humility which Mary had expressed when the angel assured her that she should become pregnant in her virgin state; with an oblique reference to the behaviour of Zacharias, who probably had informed her by writing of all that had happened; or, as is... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 1:41
41. babe leaped—From :- it is plain that this maternal sensation was something extraordinary—a sympathetic emotion of the unconscious babe, at the presence of the mother of his Lord. read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 1:44
lo. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6 . sounded in = came into. for joy = in (Greek. en. App-104 .) exultation. read more