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As he said these things (εν τω λεγειν αυτον). Luke's common idiom, εν with articular infinitive. Verses 27,28 are peculiar to Luke…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
A certain woman of the company. The incident is peculiar to St. Luke and, like many other of the facts recorded by him, seems to h…
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
The enthusiastic woman was so carried away with admiration for Christ that she thought his mother was a highly-favored woman, and she called her "b…
Church Fathers
ChurchFathers
The Venerable Bede: While the Scribes and Pharisees were tempting our Lord and uttering blasphemies against Him, a certain woma…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
Expositor'sBible Commentary
This saying provides another instance of Luke’s identification of Jesus’ sayings as the “word of God.” It must not be taken as reflecting unfavorab…
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
Blessed is the womb. By this praise the woman intended to magnify the excellence of Christ; for she had no reference to Mary,154
John Gill
JohnGill
And it came to pass as he spoke these things: That is, as Christ spoke, or "had finished these sayings", as the Persic ve…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
While the scribes and Pharisees despised and blasphemed the discourses of our Lord Jesus, this good woman admired them, and the wisdom and power wi…
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A.T. Robertson
A.T.Robertson