Doth magnify (μεγαλυνε). Latin, magnificat. Harnack argues that this is also the song of Elisabeth because a few Latin MSS.…

My soul doth magnify the Lord. To magnify means to make great, and then to extol, to praise, to ce…

My soul doth magnify the Lord.—We come to the first of the great canticles recorded by St. Luke, which, since the time of…

For there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord. And Mary said,

St. Ambrose of Milan: As evil came into the world by a woman, so also is good introduced by women. It seems, therefore, not …

The excitement of Elizabeth, who actually shouted her benediction (v.42), gives way to a restraint that is no less joyful. After an opening ascript…

Now follows a remarkable and interesting song of the holy virgin, which plainly shows how eminent her attainments in the grace of the Spirit were. …

And Mary said, my soul does magnify the Lord . Either Jehovah, the Father, or the Son; who, as he was David's Lord, accor…

It is very good for those who have the work of grace begun in their souls to share with one another. On Mary's arrival, Elisabeth was conscious of …