Luke 1:53 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away. ”

Luke 1:53 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He hath filled the hungry with good things - This is a celebration of the general mercy of God. He hath daily fed the poor, the needy, and those who came to Him with humble hearts. The rich he...
Luke 1:53 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

He hath filled the (a) hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away. (a) Those that are brought to extreme poverty.
Luke 1:53 - 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 1:53 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away. Filled the hungry - the rich he hath sent empty away - God is here represented under the notion of a person of unboun...
Luke 1:53 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

He hath filled the hungry, &c.— Both the poor and the rich are here beautifullyrepresented as waiting at God's gate in the condition of beggars; the rich, in expectation to receive the honour o...
Luke 1:53 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name. For he that is mighty hath done to me great things ... Verse 50. And his mercy is on them that fear him from gener...
Luke 1:53 - 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 1:53 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He hath filled the hungry. — It is interesting to note the manner in which the song of the Virgin anticipates the beatitudes of the Sermon on the Plain as reported by St. Luke ( Luke 6:21 ). The wo...
Luke 1:53 - 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 1:53 - 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 1:53 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE SONG OF THE VIRGIN ‘My soul doth magnify the Lord.… As He spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.’ Luke 1:46-55 Next to the Lord’s Prayer, perhaps, few passages of Sc...
Luke 1:53 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He hath filled the hungry with good things ,.... Such as earnestly desired and longed after the coming of the Messiah, as good old Simeon, and Anna the prophetess; and those that looked for redempti...
Luke 1:53 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away. Ver. 53. He hath filled the hungry ] See Trapp on " Mat 5:6 "
Luke 1:53 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He hath put down the mighty from their seats The mighty think to secure themselves by might in their seats, but he puts them down and overturns their seats; while, on the other hand, those of low d...
Luke 1:53 - 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 1:53 - 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 1:53 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

In this sentence the holy virgin celebrates the equity of God in the government of the world, proportioning men in some degrees one to another, that the rapacious qualities of some might not gain all...
Luke 1:53 - 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 1:53 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Luke 1:53 I. When Mary announces the reward of spiritual hunger and the punishment of spiritual satisfaction with self, she touches upon a principle of very wide range, applicable to the needs of...
Luke 1:53 - 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 1:53 - 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 1:53 - The Biblical Illustrator

My soul doth magnify the Lord Mary’s song Mary was on a visit when she expressed her joy in the language of this noble song. It were well if all our social intercourse were as useful to our he...
Luke 1:53 - 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 1:53 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The hymn of Mary:
Luke 1:53 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 1:26 ; 1 Corinthians 4:8 ; 1 Samuel 2:5 ; Ezekiel 34:29 ; James 2:5 ; James 2:6 ; James 5:1-6 ; John 6:11-13 ; John 6:35 ; Luke 12:16-21 ; Luke 16:19-25 ; Luke 18:11-14 ; L...
Luke 1:53 - 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 1:53 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Luke 1:53 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Luke 1:53 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 1:53 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Luke 1:53 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Luke 1:53 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Luke 1:53 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 1:53 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Luke 1:53 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Luke 1:53 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Luke 1:53 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Luke 1:53 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Luke 1:53 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Luke 1:53 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 1:53 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 1:53 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Luke 1:53 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Luke 1:53 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Luke 1:53 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Luke 1:53 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 1:53 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 1:53 - The Biblical Illustrator

Luke 1:53 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Luke 1:53 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Luke 1:53 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 1:53 - Wells of Living Water Commentary