Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 1:47
And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior.
47. hath rejoiced ] Rather, exults. In the original it is the general, or gnomic aorist.
in God my Saviour ] Isa 45:21, “a just God and a Saviour.” Comp. Isa 12:2; Isa 25:9. The expression is also found in the later Epistles of St Paul, “God our Saviour,” 1Ti 1:1; Tit 3:4.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
In God my Saviour – God is called Saviour, as he saves people from sin and death. He was Marys Saviour, as he had redeemed her soul and given her a title to eternal life; and she rejoiced for that, and especially for his mercy in honoring her by her being made the mother of the Messiah.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 47. My spirit hath rejoiced] Exulted. These words are uncommonly emphatical-they show that Mary’s whole soul was filled with the Divine influence, and wrapped up in God.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
47. my SaviourMary, poorheart, never dreamt, we see, of her own “immaculateconception”in the offensive language of the Romanistsanymore than of her own immaculate life.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. Which also, may be understood, either of God the Father, who was her Saviour, both as the God of nature and providence; so the Persic version renders it, “in God that gives me life”; and who had supported, maintained, and preserved her life; and as the God of grace, who has contrived the scheme of salvation, fixed upon, and appointed Christ to be the Saviour; and who saves by him, and therefore is sometimes said to be our Saviour. Tit 3:4 or of Christ, the Son of God, who being truly and properly God, was fit to be a Saviour; and is a very suitable, able, and willing one; and which is the great encouragement to sensible sinners, to look up to him, and be saved; and lays a solid foundation for rejoicing in him, since what he did as man, had hereby an infinite virtue and efficacy put into it, as was put into his blood, sacrifice, and righteousness; whereby the purposes designed were answered by them; and since he must be able to keep their immortal souls, which they commit unto him, and must have an interest with his Father, as their advocate, and a fulness, to supply all their wants: the consideration of Christ, by Mary, as God her Saviour, as having an interest in him, as a Saviour, and this her Saviour, God, gave her greater joy, than being the mother of him as man; and this her joy was not carnal, nor merely external, but inward and spiritual: it was a joy in her own spirit, and was excited there by the holy Spirit of God.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Hath rejoiced (). This is aorist active indicative. Greek tenses do not correspond to those in English. The verb is a Hellenistic word from the old Greek . It means to exult. See the substantive in Luke 1:14; Luke 1:44. Mary is not excited like Elisabeth, but breathes a spirit of composed rapture.
My spirit ( ). One need not press unduly the difference between “soul” () in verse 46 and “spirit” here. Bruce calls them synonyms in parallel clauses. Vincent argues that the soul is the principle of individuality while the spirit is the point of contact between God and man. It is doubtful, however, if the trichotomous theory of man (body, soul, and spirit) is to be insisted on. It is certain that we have an inner spiritual nature for which various words are used in Mr 12:30. Even the distinction between intellect, emotions, and will is challenged by some psychologists.
God my Saviour ( ). Article with each substantive. God is called Saviour in the O.T. (Deut 32:15; Ps 24:5; Ps 95:1).
Fuente: Robertson’s Word Pictures in the New Testament
God my Savior [ ] . Note the two articles. “The God who is the or my Savior.” The title Savior is often applied to God in the Old Testament. See Septuagint, Deu 32:15; Psa 24:5; Psa 25:5; Psa 95:1.
Fuente: Vincent’s Word Studies in the New Testament
1) “And my spirit hath rejoiced,” (kai egalliasen to pneuma mou) “And my spirit has rejoiced,” with expanded gladness, or all that is within me, my whole being has rejoiced.
2) “In God my Saviour.” (epi to theo to soteri mou) “Upon the (testimony of) the God who is my savior,” my deliverer, and His Son that I am to deliver, who will also be my Deliverer; Mary was saved through or in “child-bearing,” by the very child she bare, by Jesus Christ, 1Ti 2:15.
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
(47) In God my Saviour.We may well believe that this choice of the name was determined by the meaning of the name, implying Gods work of salvation, which she had been told was to be given to her Son.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Luk 1:47. My spirit hath rejoiced When a person, speaking of himself, mentions his soul or spirit as doinga thing, it is the strongest expression in human language, and intimates his doing the thing mentioned with the utmost energy of all his faculties: Mary, therefore, by saying, that her soul magnified the Lord, and that her spirit rejoiced in God, meant to declare, that she exerted the utmost vigour of all her faculties in setting forth the perfections of God, which constitute his greatness: and that the consideration of his goodness towards her, filled her withjoy, to the utmost extent of her capacity.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
Ver. 47. My spirit rejoiceth ] Tripudiat, danceth a galliard (which seemeth to come from the Greek word here used, , super Deo ), danceth Levaltoes in God, or for God my Saviour, as the matter and ground of my joy.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
my spirit. See App-101.
rejoiced = exulted.
in. Greek. epi. App-104.
God my Saviour. Note the Article = the God [Who is] the Saviour [of me]. See Septuagint Deu 82:15. Psa 24:6
; Luk 25:5; Luk 95:1.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Luk 1:47. , Saviour) Preserver. See on Chrys. de Sacerd. pp. 452, 453. This expresses the force of the name, Jesus, as given, Luk 1:31. [Mary, by this mode of expression, reckons herself among those things which had been lost. Even she had her salvation, not from herself, but from Jesus.-V. g.]
Fuente: Gnomon of the New Testament
Saviour
(See Scofield “Rom 1:16”)
Fuente: Scofield Reference Bible Notes
God: Luk 2:11, Isa 12:2, Isa 12:3, Isa 45:21, Isa 45:22, Zep 3:14-17, Zec 9:9, 1Ti 1:1, Tit 2:10, Tit 2:13, Tit 3:4-6
Reciprocal: 1Sa 2:1 – My heart 2Sa 22:3 – my saviour 2Sa 22:47 – the rock of 1Ki 1:48 – Blessed Psa 9:14 – I will Psa 13:5 – my heart Psa 18:46 – the God Psa 20:5 – rejoice Psa 33:21 – his Psa 35:9 – General Psa 40:16 – say Psa 51:12 – joy Psa 71:23 – My lips Psa 88:1 – Lord Psa 89:16 – name Psa 92:4 – General Psa 103:1 – Bless Psa 104:34 – I will be Psa 106:21 – God Isa 41:16 – thou shalt rejoice Isa 43:11 – General Isa 61:10 – will greatly Joe 2:23 – rejoice Hab 3:18 – I will rejoice Zec 10:7 – their heart Phi 3:1 – rejoice 1Ti 2:3 – God 1Pe 1:6 – ye greatly 2Pe 1:1 – of God and our Saviour
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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Mary is not making any technical distinction between her soul and her spirit. Her entire inner being was filled with praise for the greatness of the Lord.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Luk 1:47. And my spirit hath rejoiced. The spirit is, according to Luther, the highest, noblest part of man, by which he is enabled to apprehend incomprehensible, invisible, eternal things, and is in short the house, where faith and Gods word indwells. The exultation in spirit came first, and as a result her soul magnifies the Lord. Soul and spirit, taken together, include the whole inner being.
In God my Saviour. Not simply her deliverer from degradation, as a daughter of David, but, in a higher sense, author of that salvation which gods people expected (Alford). Her words must be taken in a full spiritual meaning. Implying her own need of a Saviour, they oppose the papal dogma of the Immaculate Conception.