(Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.
Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also. 'Blessed though thou art among women, thou shalt have thine own deep share of the struggles and sufferings which this Babe is to occasion'-pointing not only to the obloquy to which He would be exposed through life, to those agonies of His on the cross which she was to witness, and to her own desolate condition thereafter, but perhaps also to dreadful alternations of faith and unbelief, of hope and fear regarding Him which she should have to lease through.
That the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed - for men's views and decisions regarding Christ are a mirror in which the very thoughts of their hearts are seen.