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Lucas 1:42
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Blessed art: Luke 1:28, Luke 1:48, Judges 5:24
blessed is: Luke 19:38, Genesis 22:18, Psalms 21:6, Psalms 45:2, Psalms 72:17-19, Acts 2:26-28, Romans 9:5, Hebrews 12:2
Reciprocal: Genesis 30:2 - withheld Proverbs 31:26 - openeth Luke 11:27 - Blessed
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And she spake out with a loud voice,.... So as that all in the house might hear; she spake with great vehemency of soul, and strength of affection, being under a very powerful impression of the Spirit of God: and said,
blessed art thou among women; the same words that the angel had said to her before, Luke 1:28
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb: this is a reason why she is called blessed, because her child was blessed; being in union with a divine person, who is God over all, blessed for ever; and who has all spiritual blessings in him, and is that seed, in which all nations of the earth were to be blessed; and so is both blessed in himself, and the source of all blessedness to others. The Jews say h, that the six measures of barley, Boaz gave to Ruth, Ruth 3:15 signified, that six righteous men should spring from her, and among, them the Messiah; who should be blessed with six blessings, and they are these; the spirit of wisdom and understanding, of counsel and of might, the spirit of knowledge, and of the fear of the Lord; see
Isaiah 11:2.
h Targum & R. Sol. Jarchi in loc.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Blessed art thou among women - She here repeated nearly the words of the angel to Mary, esteeming it to be the highest honor among mothers to be the mother of the Messiah. See the notes at Luke 1:28.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 42. Blessed art thou among women — Repeating the words of the angel, Luke 1:28, of which she had probably been informed by the holy virgin, in the present interview.