She called out with a loud voice and said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
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She called out with a loud voice and said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
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and cryed with a loude voyce and sayde: Blessed arte thou amonge wemen and blessed is the frute of thy wombe.
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And she cried with a loud voice, and saide, Blessed art thou among women, because the fruit of thy wombe is blessed.
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Passages linked to Luke 1:42 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 22:18 All the nations of the earth will be blessed by your offspring, because you have obeyed my voice.’ ”
- Judges 5:24 “Jael shall be blessed above women, the wife of Heber the Kenite; blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
- Luke 1:28 Having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, you highly favored one! The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women!”
- Luke 19:38 saying, “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest!”
- Luke 1:48 for he has looked at the humble state of his servant. For behold, from now on, all generations will call me blessed.
- Psalms 21:6 For you make him most blessed forever. You make him glad with joy in your presence.
- Psalms 72:17-19 His name endures forever. His name continues as long as the sun. Men shall be blessed by him. All nations will call him blessed. Praise be to Yahweh God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds. Blessed be his glorious name forever! Let the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen and amen.
- Acts 2:26-28 Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced. Moreover my flesh also will dwell in hope; because you will not leave my soul in Hades, neither will you allow your Holy One to see decay. You made known to me the ways of life. You will make me full of gladness with your presence.’
- Psalms 45:2 You are the most excellent of the sons of men. Grace has anointed your lips, therefore God has blessed you forever.
- Romans 9:5 of whom are the fathers, and from whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God, blessed forever. Amen.
- Hebrews 12:2 looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Christ is blessed in respect of his humanity.
Christ is blessed in respect of his humanity.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 42 And she spake out with a loud voice,…
42 And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
Ver. 42. Blessed art thou among women] So is Jael, the wife of Heber, said to be, Jdg 5:24. Who yet perhaps was hardly so good a woman as Deborah, that called her so. But it was no small confirmation to the blessed Virgin, to hear the same words from Elisabeth that she heard before from the angel.
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And blessed is the fruit, &c.] Or, because blessed is the fruit of thy womb, therefore blessed art thou, &c. Yet more blessed (as Austin saith) in receiving the faith than in conceiving the flesh of Christ. She conceived Christ when she yielded her assent to the angel, and said, Be it as thou hast said, let it even be so. We also conceive Christ in our hearts when we assent to the promises of pardon, of salvation by Christ: hoping perfectly for the grace that is to be brought unto us at the revelation of Jesus Christ, 1Pe 1:13. It is with us all, as it was with that captive woman, Deu 21:1-14. If she consented to marry, she saved her life by it.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Elisabeth useth the same words to Mary which the…
Elisabeth useth the same words to Mary which the angel had used for her, Luk 1:28; that is, thou art an exceedingly happy woman, not only renowned, but one whom God hath greatly favoured and exceedingly blessed and made happy.
And blessed is the fruit of thy womb. Though the same word be used, yet it is not to be understood of the same degree of blessing. Christ was anointed with the oil of gladness above his fellows, and blessed in another sense and after another manner, than any creature can be said to be blessed, for the fulness of the Godhead dwelt in him bodily.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And she spake out with a loud voice,.... So…
And she spake out with a loud voice,.... So as that all in the house might hear; she spake with great vehemency of soul, and strength of affection, being under a very powerful impression of the Spirit of God: and said,
blessed art thou among women; the same words that the angel had said to her before, Luk 1:28.
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and blessed is the fruit of thy womb: this is a reason why she is called blessed, because her child was blessed; being in union with a divine person, who is God over all, blessed for ever; and who has all spiritual blessings in him, and is that seed, in which all nations of the earth were to be blessed; and so is both blessed in himself, and the source of all blessedness to others. The Jews say (h), that the six measures of barley, Boaz gave to Ruth, Rut 3:15 signified, that six righteous men should spring from her, and among, them the Messiah; who should be blessed with six blessings, and they are these; the spirit of wisdom and understanding, of counsel and of might, the spirit of knowledge, and of the fear of the Lord; see Isa 11:2.
(h) Targum & R. Sol. Jarchi in loc.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 42. Blessed art thou among women] Repeating the…
Verse 42. Blessed art thou among women] Repeating the words of the angel, Lu 1:28, of which she had probably been informed by the holy virgin, in the present interview.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Blessed art thou among women - She here repeated…
Blessed art thou among women - She here repeated nearly the words of the angel to Mary, esteeming it to be the highest honor among mothers to be the mother of the Messiah. See the notes at Luk 1:28.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain In the same words she is pronounced blessed by…
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.
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 What beautiful superiority to envy have we here! High…
What beautiful superiority to envy have we here! High as was the distinction conferred upon herself, Elisabeth loses sight of it altogether, in presence of one more honored still; upon whom, with her unborn Babe, in an ecstasy of inspiration, she pronounces a benediction, feeling it to be a wonder unaccountable that "the mother of her Lord should come to her." "Turn this as we will, we shall never be able to see the propriety of calling an unborn child "Lord," but by supposing Elisabeth, like the prophets of old, enlightened to perceive the Messiah's Divine nature" [OLSHAUSEN].
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 42. with a loud voice] For ‘phonç,’ voice, B…
42. with a loud voice] For ‘phonç,’ voice, B has the stronger word ‘kraugç,’ cry.
Blessed art thou among women] i. e. preeminently blessed, as “fairest among women,” Son_1:8. Similar expressions are used of Ruth (Rth_3:10), and, on a far lower level of meaning, of Jael (Jdg_5:24), and of Judith. “All the women of Israel blessed her,” Jdg_15:12. In the latter instances the blessing is pronounced by women, but here the word means ‘blessed by God.’
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (42) Blessed art thou among women.—The language, like that…
(42) Blessed art thou among women.—The language, like that of most of the utterances in these chapters, is taken from the poetry of the older Scriptures, but there is a singular contrast between its application there to the murderess Jael (Jdg_5:24), and here to the mother of the Lord.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And she spake out with a loud voice, and…
And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women. (see Jud_1:5:24) The words which clothed the thoughts in these ecstatic expressions of intense joy and thankfulness on the part of the two favored women, Mary and Elisabeth, are in great measure drawn from hymn and song contained in the Old Testament Scriptures. The song of Hannah, the hymn of Deborah, many of the psalms, the songs of the Canticles, the more glorious of the prophetic utterances, had been ever familiar to both these true women of the people; and they could find no language so fitting as the words of these loved national songs to express the intense joy, the deep awe and gratitude of their hearts. Think what must have been the feeling of the two the one finding herself the chosen out of all the thousands of Israel, after so many centuries of weary waiting, to be the mother of the Messiah; the other, long after any reasonable hope of any offspring at all had faded away, to be the mother of Messiah"s chosen friend, his herald, and his preacher, the mighty forerunner of the King of whom the prophets had written!
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 42–45. Blessed art thou among women. The language of…
42–45. Blessed art thou among women. The language of Elisabeth, Oriental poetry, is that of an inspired prophet. Mother of my Lord. Jesus, our Lord and Savior.
B. W. Johnson's The People's New Testament with Notes (1889–1891) — public domain. Electronic text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL) ThML edition.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 raised her voice ... said loudly
raised her voice ... said loudly
These two phrases mean the same thing, and are used to emphasize how excited Elizabeth was. They could be combined into one phrase. AT: "exclaimed loudly" (See: Doublet)
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raised her voice
This idiom means "increased the volume of her voice" (See: Idiom)
Blessed are you among women
The idiom "among women" means "more than any other woman" (See: Idiom)
the fruit of your womb
Mary's baby is spoken of as if it is the fruit that a plant produces. AT: "the baby in your womb" or "the baby you will bear" (See: Metaphor)
Why has it happened to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
Elizabeth is not asking for information. She was showing how surprised and happy she was that the mother of the Lord had come to her. AT: "How wonderful it is that the mother of my Lord has come to me!" (See: Rhetorical Question)
the mother of my Lord
It can be made clear that Elizabeth was calling Mary "the mother of my Lord" by adding the word "you." AT: "you, the mother of my Lord" (See: First, Second, or Third Person)
For see
This phrase alerts Mary to pay attention to Elizabeth's surprising statement that follows.
when the sound of your greeting came to my ears
Hearing a sound is spoken of as if the sound came to the ears. AT: "when I heard the sound of your greeting" (See: Metonymy)
jumped for joy
"moved suddenly with joy" or "turned forcefully because he was so happy"
Blessed is she who believed ... that were told her from the Lord
Elizabeth is talking about Mary to Mary. AT: "Blessed are you who believed ... that were told you from the Lord"(See: First, Second, or Third Person and Active or Passive)
Blessed is she who believed
The passive verb can be translated in active form. AT: "God will bless her because she believed" (See: Active or Passive)
there would be a fulfillment of the things
"the things would actually happen" or "the things would come true"
the things that were told her from the Lord
The word "from" is used here instead of "by" because it was the angel Gabriel whom Mary actually heard speak (see Luke 1:26), but the message ("the things") came ultimately from the Lord. This can be stated in active form. AT: "the message that she heard from the Lord" or "the Lord's message that the angel told her" (See: Active or Passive and Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
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voice
bless
joy
believe
fulfill
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