Luke 1:48
For he hath loked on the povre degre of his honde mayde. Beholde now from hence forth shall all generacions call me blessed.
William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)
In The King James Version
In Context
47And my sprete reioyseth in god my savioure
49For he that is myghty hath done to me greate thinges and holye is his name.
Cross References
Genesis 30:13Tha sayd Lea: happy am I for the doughters will call me blessed. And called his name Asser.
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 →