Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
He that is mighty - God.
Hath done to me great things - Hath conferred on me great favors and distinguished mercies.
And holy is his name - This is an expression of Mary' s feelings, desiring to bestow on God all honor and praise. As the highest honor, she declared that his "name" was "holy" - that is, that God was free from sin, injustice, and impurity. The "name" of God is often put for God Himself. The proper name of God is Yahweh , a word expressive of His "essential being," derived from the word "to be," Exodus 3:14; Exodus 6:3; Psalms 83:18. That name is holy; is to be regarded as holy; and to make a common or profane use of it is solemnly forbidden, Exodus 20:7.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Luke 1:49:
Luke 1:55
Acts 2:11
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