Luke 1:39-50

Geneva Study Bible - Luke 1:48

1:48 For he hath {q} regarded the {r} low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.(q) Has freely and graciously loved.(r) Literally, "My baseness", that is, my base estate: so that the virgin did not boast of her deserts, but the grace of God. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Luke 1:50

1:50 And his mercy [is] on them {s} that fear him from generation to generation.(s) To those that live godly and religiously, as the Hebrews say. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 1:1-80

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 instrument directly inspired by God. Theophilus was evidently a Gentile authority of whom nothing more is said in scripture, except in Acts 1:1, where only his name is mentioned. Many others had been energized to write an orderly history of those things concerning the Lord Jesus, and Luke was... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Luke 1:1-80

THE EARLY YEARS OF JESUS There is a preface to Luke’s Gospel (Luke 1:1-4 ). While Matthew and Mark tell us of whom they write (Matthew 1:1 ; Mark 1:1 ), Luke and John tell us why they write (compare John 20:31 ). Luke wrote for the instruction of Theophilus (compare Acts 1-2) whose name indicates that he was a Greek, while “most excellent” suggests that he may have been of high rank. There were many records of our Lord (Luke 1:1 ), received from eyewitnesses (Luke 1:2 ), but Luke “had... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Luke 1:39-56

(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, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost: (42) 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, that the mother of my Lord... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Luke 1:39

This city is generally supposed to be Hebron, a sacerdotal town, (Josue xxi. 11.) situated in the mountains, to the south of Juda, and about 120 miles from Nazareth. (Bible de Vence) read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Luke 1:41

The infant leaped in her womb. [7] According to the general opinion of the interpreters, this motion of the child at the time was not natural: and some think that God gave to St. John [the Baptist], even in his mother's womb, a passing knowledge of the presence of his Redeemer. See St. Augustine in the above cited letter to Dardanus. (Witham) =============================== [BIBLIOGRAPHY] Exultavit, Greek: eskirtese. Which signifies to leap, or skip like lambs, &c. read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Luke 1:42

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, calling her blessed, and her fruit blessed; and thus, as Ven. Bede asserts, holding her up to the veneration of both men and angels. read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Luke 1:43

The mother of my Lord. A proof that Christ was truly God, and the blessed Virgin Mary truly the mother of God. (Witham) --- Elizabeth was a just and blessed woman; yet the excellency of the mother of God does so far surpass that of Elizabeth, and of every other woman, as the great luminary outshines the smaller stars. (St. Jerome pr'e6f. in Sophon.) read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Luke 1:47

In God my Saviour, as appears by the Greek text,[8] though literally in Latin, in God my salvation. (Witham) =============================== [BIBLIOGRAPHY] Salutari meo, Greek: soteri mou, Salvatori meo. read more

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