Luke 1:45 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 1:45

Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord’s word to her will be fulfilled.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And blessed is she that believed; for there shall be a fulfilment of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord.

KJV

And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.

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Commentary

1 voice

Ambrose of Milan

EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF LUKE 2.26 (397)

You see that Mary did not hesitate, but believed; and therefore she obtained the fruit of faith. Blessed, he says, are you who believed. But blessed are you also, who have heard and believed; for whatever the soul believes, it conceives and gives birth to the Word of God, and recognizes His works. Let the soul of Mary be in each one of us, so that we may magnify the Lord. Let the spirit of Mary be in each one of us, so that we may rejoice in God.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Blessed is she that believed - That is, “Mary” who believed what the angel spoke to her. She was blessed not only in the act of believing, but because the thing promised would certainly be fulfilled. From these expressions of Elizabeth we may learn: 1. That the spirit of prophecy had not entirely ceased among the Jews. 2. That the Holy Spirit is the source of light, comfort, and joy. 3. That everything about the birth of Jesus was remarkable, and that he must have been more than a mere man.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

An additional benediction on the Virgin for her implicit faith, in tacit and delicate contrast with her own husband. for--rather, as in the Margin, "that."

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
μακαρία	makaria	blessed [is]	G3107 →
ἡ	hē	the [one]	G3588 →
πιστεύσασα	pisteusasa	having believed	G4100 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
ἔσται	estai	there will be	G1510 →
τελείωσις	teleiōsis	a fulfillment	G5050 →
τοῖς	tois	to the [things]	G3588 →
λελαλημένοις	lelalēmenois	spoken	G2980 →
αὐτῇ	autēa	to her	G846 →
παρὰ	para	from	G3844 →
κυρίου.¶	kuriou	[the] Lord.	G2962 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 20:29
Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen Me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
leads to
- 1 Peter 1:8
  Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,
- 2 Corinthians 5:7
  For we walk by faith, not by sight.
- Hebrews 11:1
  Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.
Through
John 11:40
Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
leads to
- John 11:4
  When Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
- John 11:23–26
  “Your brother will rise again,” Jesus told her.
Through
2 Chronicles 20:20
Early in the morning they got up and left for the Wilderness of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood up and said, “Hear me, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Believe in the…
leads to
- Romans 8:31
  What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
- John 11:40
  Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
- John 14:1
  “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe in Me as well.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Luke

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Luke