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A Prophetic Blessing
Commentators note that this woman's spontaneous praise is a direct fulfillment of Mary's own prophecy in the Magnificat: "All generations will call me blessed" (Luke 1:48). Her exclamation, likely a common form of high praise in that culture, was a sincere recognition of the honor of being the mother of such a remarkable person as Jesus.
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AT Robertson
On Luke 11:27
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
On Luke 11:27
19th Century
Bishop
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
On Luke 11:27–28
19th Century
Preacher
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…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Luke 11:27
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
On Luke 11:27
16th Century
Theologian
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
On Luke 11:27
17th Century
Pastor
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
On Luke 11:27–28
17th Century
Minister
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…