Luke:1:39-45
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Luke:1:39 @{
Arose } (\
anast
sa \).
Luke is very fond of this word ,
sixty times against twenty-two in the rest of the N .
T . {
Into the hill country } (\
eis t
n orin
n \).
Luke uses this adjective twice in this context (
here and strkjv @
1:65 |)
instead of \
to oros \,
the mountains .
It is an old word and is in the LXX ,
but nowhere else in the N .
T .
The name of the city where Zacharias lived is not given unless Judah here means Juttah (
Joshua:15:55 |).
Hebron was the chief city of this part of Judea .
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Luke:1:40 @{
Saluted } (\
spasato \).
Her first glance at Elisabeth showed the truth of the angel '
s message .
The two mothers had a bond of sympathy .
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Luke:1:41 @{
Leaped } (\
eskirt
sen \).
A common enough incident with unborn children (
Genesis:25:22 |),
but Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit to understand what had happened to Mary .
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Luke:1:42 @{
With a loud cry } (\
kraug
i megal
i \).
A moment of ecstatic excitement . {
Blessed art thou } (\
eulog
men \).
Perfect passive participle .
A Hebraistic equivalent for the superlative .
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Luke:1:43 @{
The mother of my Lord } (\
h
m
t
r tou Kuriou mou \).
See strkjv @
Psalms:110:1 |.
Only by the help of the Holy Spirit could Elisabeth know that Mary was to be the mother of the Messiah .
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Luke:1:45 @{
For } (\
hoti \).
It is not certain whether \
hoti \
here is "
that "
or "
because ."
It makes good sense either way .
See also strkjv @
7:16 |.
This is the first beatitude in the New Testament and it is similar to the last one in the Gospels spoken to Thomas to discourage his doubt (
John:20:29 |).
Elisabeth wishes Mary to have full faith in the prophecy of the angel .
This song of Elisabeth is as real poetry as is that of Mary (
1:47-55 |)
and Zacharias (
1:68-70 |).
All three spoke under the power of the Holy Spirit .
These are the first New Testament hymns and they are very beautiful .
Plummer notes four strophes in Mary '
s Magnificat (
46-48 |,
49 ,
50 |,
51-53 |,
54 ,
55 |).
Every idea here occurs in the Old Testament ,
showing that Mary '
s mind was full of the spiritual message of God '
s word .
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