Charles Spurgeon Commentary Luke 1:49-50

"For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; And holy is his name. And his mercy is unto generations and generations On them that fear him." — Luke 1:49-50 (ASV)

For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name. And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.

Notice how Mary quotes Scripture. Her mind seems to have been saturated with the Word of God, as though she had learned the books of Scripture through, and had them "by heart" in more senses than one; and it is significant that, though the Holy Spirit was speaking by her, yet even He quoted the older Scriptures in preference to uttering new sentences. What honour He put upon the Old Testament by so continually quoting it in the New Testament, even as the Lord Jesus also did. Let us, too, prize every part of God's Word, let us lie soaking in it until we are saturated with Scriptural expressions; we cannot find any better ones, for there are none.