Lucas 1:46

Filipino Cebuano Bible

46 Ug si Maria miingon, Ang akong kalag nagadayeg sa Ginoo,

Bible Verse Review
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1 Samuel 2:1, Psalms 34:2, Psalms 34:3, Psalms 35:9, Psalms 103:1, Psalms 103:2, Isaiah 24:15, Isaiah 24:16, Isaiah 45:25, Isaiah 61:10, Habakkuk 3:17, Habakkuk 3:18, Romans 5:11, 1 Corinthians 1:31, 2 Corinthians 2:14, Philippians 3:3, Philippians 4:4, 1 Peter 1:8

Reciprocal: Genesis 21:6 - God Judges 5:1 - Sang Deborah 1 Kings 1:48 - Blessed Job 36:24 - magnify Psalms 40:16 - say Psalms 71:23 - My lips Psalms 126:3 - General Proverbs 31:30 - a woman Isaiah 41:16 - thou shalt rejoice Joel 2:23 - rejoice Luke 2:28 - and Luke 2:38 - gave

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Mary said, my soul doth magnify the Lord. Either Jehovah, the Father, or the Son; who, as he was David's Lord, according to his divine nature, though his son after the flesh, was, in the same sense, Mary's Lord, as well as her son: and by "magnifying" him is meant, not making him great, for he cannot be made greater than he is; but ascribing greatness to him, even all the perfections of the Deity, and praising him on account of them; and also declaring and speaking well of his many and mighty works of power, goodness, grace, and mercy, and giving him the glory of them: this Mary did, not in lip and word only, but with her whole heart and, soul, and with all the powers and faculties of it; being filled with the Holy Ghost, and under a more than ordinary influence of his, as her cousin Elisabeth was: and it is to be observed, that she all along speaks in the prophetic style, of things, as if they were done, which were doing, or would shortly be done.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

My soul doth magnify the Lord - To “magnify” means to “make great,” and then to “extol,” to “praise,” to “celebrate.” It does not mean here strictly to “make great,” but to increase “in our estimation” - that is, to praise or extol. See Psalms 34:3; 2 Samuel 7:26.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 46. And Mary said — Two copies of the Itala, and some books mentioned by Origen, give this song to Elisabeth. It is a counterpart of the song of Hannah, as related in 1 Samuel 2:1-10.

This is allowed by many to be the first piece of poetry in the New Testament; but the address of the angel to Zacharias, Luke 1:13-17, is delivered in the same way; so is that to the virgin, Luke 1:30-33, and so also is Elisabeth's answer to Mary, Luke 1:42-45. All these portions are easily reducible to the hemistich form in which the Hebrew poetry of the Old Testament is found in many MSS., and in which Dr. Kennicott has arranged the Psalms, and other poetical parts of the Sacred Writings. See his Hebrew Bible.

My soul doth magnify the Lord — The verb μεγαλυνειν, Kypke has proved, signifies to celebrate with words, to extol with praises. This is the only way in which God can be magnified, or made great; for, strictly speaking, nothing can be added to God, for he is infinite and eternal; therefore the way to magnify him is to show forth and celebrate those acts in which he has manifested his greatness.