And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.
The verse occurs during Mary's visit to Elizabeth, one of the incidents connected with the birth of John the Baptist about B.C. 5, to be studied together with the angel's annunciation and its results in the whole of Luke 1. It belongs to Luke 1:39-56, part of Luke 1:21-4:30, which records the birth of John the Baptist and of Jesus and the early history of the mission of Jesus, a history Luke records more fully than the other evangelists.
Mary is blessed because she believed the Lord's message and promise to her. She readily believed the Lord's word, trusting that what He had told her would surely be performed and fulfilled. Elizabeth blessed Mary for believing the Lord's message and affirmed that what the Lord had told Mary would be fulfilled.
The performance is God's visitation and redemption for His people, raising up a horn of salvation in the house of David as spoken by the prophets, showing mercy and remembering the holy covenant and oath to Abraham. It is bringing forth Mary's firstborn son at Bethlehem when the days for delivery were fulfilled. The account of Jesus' birth to which the verse belongs stands as a landmark in the fulfillment of the gospel promises made in the Old Testament.
The verse belongs to the history from Jesus' birth to His resurrection that proves the Son of God in His highest nature became man, was made flesh, and was a real human being. With Luke 2 and Matthew 1-2 it records the fulfillment of the prediction that unto us a child is born, showing He was begotten by the power of the Highest. He was born of Mary in Bethlehem of Judea in the reign of Augustus Caesar.
Mary was greatly blessed through Christ, and that blessing comes through Him alone. In Luke 1:41-45 Elizabeth testified to the coming of the Messiah, and her testimony is prophesying by a woman. Joined with the prophetess Anna and with Miriam, Deborah, and Huldah, it proves that women are given the gift of prophecy and are to speak publicly to advance the gospel.
The verse occurs during Mary's visit to Elizabeth, one of the incidents connected with the birth of John the Baptist about B.C. 5, to be studied together with the angel's annunciation and its results in the whole of Luke 1. It belongs to Luke 1:39-56, part of Luke 1:21-4:30, which records the birth of John the Baptist and of Jesus and the early history of the mission of Jesus, a history Luke records more fully than the other evangelists.
Mary is blessed because she believed the Lord's message and promise to her. She readily believed the Lord's word, trusting that what He had told her would surely be performed and fulfilled. Elizabeth blessed Mary for believing the Lord's message and affirmed that what the Lord had told Mary would be fulfilled.
The performance is God's visitation and redemption for His people, raising up a horn of salvation in the house of David as spoken by the prophets, showing mercy and remembering the holy covenant and oath to Abraham. It is bringing forth Mary's firstborn son at Bethlehem when the days for delivery were fulfilled. The account of Jesus' birth to which the verse belongs stands as a landmark in the fulfillment of the gospel promises made in the Old Testament.
The verse belongs to the history from Jesus' birth to His resurrection that proves the Son of God in His highest nature became man, was made flesh, and was a real human being. With Luke 2 and Matthew 1-2 it records the fulfillment of the prediction that unto us a child is born, showing He was begotten by the power of the Highest. He was born of Mary in Bethlehem of Judea in the reign of Augustus Caesar.
Mary was greatly blessed through Christ, and that blessing comes through Him alone. In Luke 1:41-45 Elizabeth testified to the coming of the Messiah, and her testimony is prophesying by a woman. Joined with the prophetess Anna and with Miriam, Deborah, and Huldah, it proves that women are given the gift of prophecy and are to speak publicly to advance the gospel.