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It came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice, and said to him, "Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts which nursed you!"
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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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As he said these things (εν τω λεγειν αυτον). Luke's common idiom, εν with articular infinitive. Verses 27,28 are peculiar to Luke…
19th Century
Anglican
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…
Baptist
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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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…
16th Century
Protestant
Blessed is the womb. By this praise the woman intended to magnify the excellence of Christ; for she had no reference to Mary,154
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And it came to pass as he spoke these things: That is, as Christ spoke, or "had finished these sayings", as the Persic ve…
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Presbyterian
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…
