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52 aHe has put down the mighty from their thrones,
And exalted the lowly. 
53 He has afilled the hungry with good things,
And the rich He has sent away empty. 
54 He has helped His aservant Israel,
bIn remembrance of His mercy, 
55 aAs He spoke to our bfathers,
To Abraham and to his cseed forever.”  
56 And Mary remained with her about three months, and returned to her house.

Birth of John the Baptist

57 Now Elizabeth’s full time came for her to be delivered, and she brought forth a son.
58 When her neighbors and relatives heard how the Lord had shown great mercy to her, they arejoiced with her.  
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Luke 1:54

holpen—Compare Psalms 89:19, "I have laid help on One that is mighty."



Luke 1:46-55

A magnificent canticle, in which the strain of Hannah's ancient song, in like circumstances, is caught up, and just slightly modified and sublimed. Is it unnatural to suppose that the spirit of the blessed Virgin had been drawn beforehand into mysterious sympathy with the ideas and the tone of this hymn, so that when the life and fire of inspiration penetrated her whole soul it spontaneously swept the chorus of this song, enriching the Hymnal of the Church with that spirit-stirring canticle which has resounded ever since from its temple walls? In both songs, those holy women, filled with wonder to behold "the proud, the mighty, the rich," passed by, and, in their persons the lowliest chosen to usher in the greatest events, sing of this as no capricious movement, but a great law of the kingdom of God, by which He delights to "put down the mighty from their seats and exalt them of low degree." In both songs the strain dies away on CHRIST; in Hannah's under the name of "Jehovah's King"—to whom, through all His line, from David onwards to Himself, He will "give strength"; His "Anointed," whose horn He will exalt (I Samuel 2:10); in the Virgin's song, it is as the "Help" promised to Israel by all the prophets.

My soul . . . my spirit—"all that is within me" (Psalms 103:1).




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Luke 1:54:

Daniel 2:23
1 Corinthians 14:26
1 Timothy 6:2

 

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