Luke 1:55
As He spoke to our fathers, || To Abraham and to his seed—throughout the age.”
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
In Context
54He has taken hold of His servant Israel, || To remember kindness,
56And Mary remained with her about three months, and turned back to her house.
Cross References
Genesis 12:3And I bless those blessing you, and I curse him who is cursing you, and all families of the ground have been blessed in you.”
Genesis 22:18and all nations of the earth have blessed themselves in your Seed, because you have listened to My voice.”
Genesis 28:14and your seed has been as the dust of the land, and you have broken forth westward, and eastward, and northward, and southward, and all families of the ground have been blessed in you and in your seed.
Psalms 132:11YHWH has sworn truth to David, || He does not turn back from it: “Of the fruit of your body, || I set on the throne for you.
Galatians 3:16and to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his Seed; He does not say, “And to seeds,” as of many, but as of one, “And to your Seed,” which is Christ;
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 →