When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
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When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
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And it fortuned as Elizabeth hearde the salutacion of Mary the babe spronge in her belly. And Elizabeth was filled with the holy goost
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And it came to passe, as Elisabet heard the salutation of Marie, the babe sprang in her bellie, and Elisabet was filled with the holy Ghost.
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- Luke 1:67 His father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,
- Luke 1:44 For behold, when the voice of your greeting came into my ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy!
- Acts 4:8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “You rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,
- Luke 1:15 For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.
- Acts 2:4 They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.
- Psalms 22:10 I was thrown on you from my mother’s womb. You are my God since my mother bore me.
- Acts 7:55 But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
- Revelation 1:10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, like a trumpet
- Genesis 25:22 The children struggled together within her. She said, “If it is like this, why do I live?” She went to inquire of Yahweh.
- Luke 4:1 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness
- Acts 6:3 Therefore select from among you, brothers, seven men of good report, full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.
- Ephesians 5:18 Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain This was no ordinary nor usual kind of moving.
This was no ordinary nor usual kind of moving.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 41 And it came to pass, that, when 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:
Ver. 41. The babe leaped in her womb] Such comfort there is in the presence of Christ (though but in the womb) as it made John to spring. What then shall it be in heaven, think we?
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The motion of the child in the womb of…
The motion of the child in the womb of the mother after her time of quickening is past, and the more than ordinary motion of it upon some extraordinary cause of joy, is no unusual thing with women in those circumstances; but doubtless as this motion was more than ordinary, so it had a more than ordinary cause, being caused from the Holy Spirit of God, and so the best interpreters judge: what is afterward said of Elisabeth, that she
was filled with the Holy Ghost, is expounded in the next words, wherein she prophesieth, of the Spirit of prophecy.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain When Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary - The…
When Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary - The discourse with which she saluted her, giving an account of what the angel had said, the joy of her soul so affected her body, that the very child in her womb was moved in an uncommon manner, as if it leaped for joy.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 41. Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost.]…
Verse 41. Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost.] This seems to have been the accomplishment of the promise made by the angel, Lu 1:15, He shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb. The mother is filled with the Holy Spirit, and the child in her womb becomes sensible of the Divine influence.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost - The…
Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost - The meaning of this seems to be that she was filled with joy; with a disposition to praise God; with a prophetic spirit, or a knowledge of the character of the child that should be born of her. All these were produced by the Holy Spirit.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain The infant leaped in her womb.[7] According to the…
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)
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Exultavit, Greek: eskirtese. Which signifies to leap, or skip like lambs, &c.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain babe leaped--From Luk 1:44 it is plain that this…
babe leaped--From Luk 1:44 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.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 41. Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost—It would…
41. Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost—It would seem that the pure and blessed Spirit rested divinely upon the person of the future mother of the Messiah; and her voice became, as it were, the conductor by the blessed sympathy of that spirit to the body, soul, and spirit of the future mother of the Baptist. Hence the words that Elisabeth now uttered were impregnated with inspiration, and she was enabled to address Mary with prophetic words.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 41. leaped] The same word is applied to unborn…
41. leaped] The same word is applied to unborn babes in Gen_25:22, LXX.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (41) The salutation of Mary.—The words of the greeting…
(41) The salutation of Mary.—The words of the greeting were, we may believe, the usual formula, “Peace be with thee,” or “The Lord be with thee,” possibly united with some special words of gratulation on what she had heard from the angel.
Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost.—What had been predicted of the Child (Luk_1:15) was now fulfilled ex abundanti in the mother. The fact related, so far as we look to human sources of information, must obviously have come to St. Luke, directly or indirectly, from the Virgin herself.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost. The Holy…
Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost. The Holy Spirit that Spirit of prophecy, so often mentioned in the Old Testament seizes her, and she salutes her young kinswoman, Mary, as the mother of the coming Messiah.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 1:41 Elizabeth’s child leaped within her: See 1:15. John…
1:41 Elizabeth’s child leaped within her: See 1:15. John was already announcing the Messiah’s coming. • Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit: In the Old Testament, being filled with the Spirit was often associated with a prophetic gift. The Spirit of prophecy was again appearing in Israel (see 1:67; 2:25, 27).
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