Luke 1:55
(As he spake unto our fathers) Toward Abraham and his seed for ever.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
In Context
54He hath holpen Israel his servant, That he might remember mercy
56And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned unto her house.
Cross References
Genesis 12:3and I will bless them that bless thee, and him that curseth thee will I curse: and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Genesis 22:18and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Genesis 28:14and thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Psalms 132:11The LORD hath sworn unto David in truth; he will not turn from it: of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
Galatians 3:16Now to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy 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 →