Luke 1:26-55 ASV

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Luke 1:39

This city is generally supposed to be Hebron, a sacerdotal town, (Josue xxi. 11.) situated in the mountains, to the south of Juda, and about 120 miles from Nazareth. (Bible de Vence) read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Luke 1:41

The infant leaped in her womb. [7] According to the general opinion of the interpreters, this motion of the child at the time was not natural: and some think that God gave to St. John [the Baptist], even in his mother's womb, a passing knowledge of the presence of his Redeemer. See St. Augustine in the above cited letter to Dardanus. (Witham) =============================== [BIBLIOGRAPHY] Exultavit, Greek: eskirtese. Which signifies to leap, or skip like lambs, &c. read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Luke 1:42

In the same words she is pronounced blessed by Elizabeth, and by the angel Gabriel, both inspired by the Holy Ghost, and this not only to the praise of Jesus, but for his sake, to the praise of Mary, calling her blessed, and her fruit blessed; and thus, as Ven. Bede asserts, holding her up to the veneration of both men and angels. read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Luke 1:43

The mother of my Lord. A proof that Christ was truly God, and the blessed Virgin Mary truly the mother of God. (Witham) --- Elizabeth was a just and blessed woman; yet the excellency of the mother of God does so far surpass that of Elizabeth, and of every other woman, as the great luminary outshines the smaller stars. (St. Jerome pr'e6f. in Sophon.) read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Luke 1:47

In God my Saviour, as appears by the Greek text,[8] though literally in Latin, in God my salvation. (Witham) =============================== [BIBLIOGRAPHY] Salutari meo, Greek: soteri mou, Salvatori meo. read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Luke 1:48

The humility of his handmaid, [9] i.e. the humble, low, and abject condition; as perhaps might be translated both in this and in ver. 52. For the blessed Virgin does not here commend and praise her own virtue of humility; as divers interpreters observe. See St. Francis de Sales, in his introduction to a devout life, part 3, chap. vi. (Witham) --- As death entered into the world by the pride of our first parents, so was it proper that the path to life should be opened by the humility of Mary.... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Luke 1:51

The wise men of the Gentiles, the Pharisees and Scribes, were powerful; but these the Almighty cast down, and exalted those, who humbled themselves under his powerful hand. (1 Peter v.) The Jews were proud in their strength, but their incredulity brought on them their humiliation; whilst the low and mean among the Gentiles, have by faith ascended to the summit of perfection. (St. Cyril of Alexandria in St. Thomas Aquinas' catena aurea.) (Witham) read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Luke 1:53

The Jews were rich in the possession of the law, and the doctrines of the prophets; but, as they would not humbly unite themselves to the incarnate word [Jesus Christ], they were sent away empty, without faith, without knowledge, deprived of all hopes of temporal goods, excluded from the terrestrial Jerusalem, and also from that which is in heaven. But the Gentiles, oppressed with hunger and thirst, by adhering to their Lord, were filled with all spiritual gifts. (St. Basil in Ps. xxxiii.) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Luke 1:26-38

26-38 We have here an account of the mother of our Lord; though we are not to pray to her, yet we ought to praise God for her. Christ must be born miraculously. The angel's address means only, Hail, thou that art the especially chosen and favoured of the Most High, to attain the honour Jewish mothers have so long desired. This wondrous salutation and appearance troubled Mary. The angel then assured her that she had found favour with God, and would become the mother of a son whose name she... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Luke 1:39-56

39-56 It is very good for those who have the work of grace begun in their souls, to communicate one to another. On Mary's arrival, Elisabeth was conscious of the approach of her who was to be the mother of the great Redeemer. At the same time she was filled with the Holy Ghost, and under his influence declared that Mary and her expected child were most blessed and happy, as peculiarly honoured of and dear to the Most High God. Mary, animated by Elisabeth's address, and being also under the... read more

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Luke 1:39

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Luke 1:41

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Luke 1:42

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Luke 1:43

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Luke 1:47

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Luke 1:48

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Luke 1:51

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Luke 1:53

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Luke 1:26-38

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Luke 1:39-56

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