Luke 1:54
He has taken hold of His servant Israel, || To remember kindness,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;
In Context
53He filled the hungry with good, || And the rich He sent away empty;
55As He spoke to our fathers, || To Abraham and to his seed—throughout the age.”
Cross References
Isaiah 44:21“Remember these, O Jacob, and Israel, || For you [are] My servant, || I formed you, you [are] a servant to Me, || O Israel, you do not forget Me.
Isaiah 49:14And Zion says, “YHWH has forsaken me, || And my Lord has forgotten me.”
Isaiah 63:7I make mention of the kind acts of YHWH, || The praises of YHWH, || According to all that YHWH has done for us, || And the abundance of the goodness to the house of Israel, || That He has done for them, || According to His mercies, || And according to the abundance of His kind acts.
Jeremiah 31:20Is Ephraim a precious son to Me? A child of delights? For since My speaking against him, || I still thoroughly remember him, || Therefore My bowels have been moved for him, || I love him greatly,” || A declaration of YHWH.
Micah 7:20You give truth to Jacob, kindness to Abraham, || That You have sworn to our fathers, from the days of antiquity!
Zechariah 9:9Rejoice exceedingly, O daughter of Zion, || Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem, || Behold, your King comes to you, || Righteous and having salvation, || Afflicted—and riding on a donkey, || And on a colt—a son of female donkeys.
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 →