Luke 1:52
He brought down potentates from thrones, and raised up lowly men.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
In Context
51He did a mighty work by his arm. He scattered the proud in the mentality of their heart.
53He filled those who are hungry with good things, and those who are rich he sent away empty.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:4The bows of the mighty men are broken, and those who stumbled are girded with strength.
Job 5:11so that he sets up on high those who are low, and those who mourn are exalted to safety.
Psalms 107:40He pours contempt upon rulers, and causes them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.
Ecclesiastes 4:14For he came forth out of prison to be king, yea, even in his kingdom he was born poor.
Amos 9:11In that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof. And I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old,
Luke 18:14I say to you, this man went down to his house justified rather than that man. Because every man who lifts himself up will be made lower, and he who makes himself lower will be lifted up.
Matthew Henry on Luke 1:40-57
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, into a city of Juda; 40 And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth. 41 And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost: 42 And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. 43 And whence is this to me,… Read the whole commentary →