Luke 1:45 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord. ”

Luke 1:45 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Blessed is she that believed - That is, “Mary” who believed what the angel spoke to her. She was blessed not only in the act of believing, but because the thing promised would certainly be fulfil...
Luke 1:45 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Mary Visits Elisabeth. The Magnificat. The passage links the two preceding incidents, and serves to show the inferiority of John the forerunner, to Jesus the Messiah. Mary (finding herself with chi...
Luke 1:45 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

blessed . happy. Not the same word as in Luke 1:42 . performance . fulfilment. from. Greek para. App-104.
Luke 1:45 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

45. And blessed is she that believed It was by a hidden movement of the Spirit, as is evident from a former statement of Luke, that Elisabeth spoke. The same Spirit declares that Mary is b...
Luke 1:45 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord. Blessed is she that believed; for there shall be, etc. - Or, Blessed is she who...
Luke 1:45 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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 t...
Luke 1:45 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord. And blessed is she that believed: for х hoti ( G3754 )] there shall...
Luke 1:45 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Birth of John. The Annunciation 1-4. Preface. To write a preface to a history is not a Jewish, but a classical custom, and by following it St. Luke shows himself a true Gentile, trained in Greek c...
Luke 1:45 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Blessed is she that believed. — The two renderings, “for there shall be,” and “that there shall be,” are equally tenable grammatically. On internal grounds there seems a balance in favour of the la...
Luke 1:45 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 4 THE VIRGIN MOTHER. THE Beautiful Gate of the Jewish Temple opened into the "Court of the Women"-so named from the fact that they were not allowed any nearer approach towards the Holy Pl...
Luke 1:45 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Song of the Virgin Mother Luke 1:39-56 Zacharias lived in a Levitical city in the hill country of Judah. The narrative evidently implies that there had been no previous communication betwee...
Luke 1:45 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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,...
Luke 1:45 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And blessed is she that believed ..... Meaning Mary, a woman, a very young woman, and who had had things very incredible to nature and reason told her; and yet she believed, without objecting theret...
Luke 1:45 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord. Ver. 45. Blessed is she, &c. ] Mary believed, so did not Zacharias, tho...
Luke 1:45 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Mary arose in those days That is, soon after the time that she had received the extraordinary message mentioned above; and went into the hill-country Where Elisabeth dwelt, although it was at lea...
Luke 1:45 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 bein...
Luke 1:45 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Interview of Mary and Elisabeth; The Song of Mary. 39 And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste,...
Luke 1:45 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Some will have this given as a reason why Elisabeth pronounced her blessed, because she believed that what God had said should have its effect; as, Luke 11:27,28 , when the woman blessed the womb...
Luke 1:45 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Luke 1:39 . City of Judah .—The city is not named. Probably it was not Hebron, as a place so well known would most likely have been named. The conjecture that Judah is a corruptio...
Luke 1:45 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 1:5-6 . There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. And...
Luke 1:45 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 1:1 . Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things, which within a short compass of years have been acted and accomplished among us. In the first a...
Luke 1:45 - The Biblical Illustrator

And Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country The home of Zacharias Juttah, an ancient priestly town, is held by the Greek Church to be the birthplace of St. John the Baptist, an...
Luke 1:45 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE origin of the Gospels—the four histories which relate in detail the circumstances of the foundation of Christianity—will ever be an interesting study. Here we shall never know t...
Luke 1:45 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Mary's Visit to Elisabeth. The salutation of Mary and Elisabeth's answer:
Luke 1:45 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 20:20 ; John 11:40 ; John 20:29 ; Luke 1:20 ; Luke 11:27 ; Luke 11:28
Luke 1:45 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Seven Magnificats Selections from Luke 1:1-80 and Luke 2:1-52 INTRODUCTORY WORDS By way of introduction to the seven Magnificats, we will study the annunciation of the birth of Chri...
Luke 1:45 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Happy is she that believed — Probably she had in her mind the unbelief of Zacharias.

Luke 1:45 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Luke 1:45 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 1:45 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Luke 1:45 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 1:45 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Luke 1:45 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Luke 1:45 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Luke 1:45 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 1:45 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Luke 1:45 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Luke 1:45 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Luke 1:45 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Luke 1:45 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Luke 1:45 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Luke 1:45 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 1:45 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 1:45 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Luke 1:45 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Luke 1:45 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Luke 1:45 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 1:45 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 1:45 - The Biblical Illustrator

Luke 1:45 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Luke 1:45 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Luke 1:45 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 1:45 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Luke 1:45 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes