And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.
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Gill's Exposition
And blessed is she that believed..... Meaning Mary, a woman, a very young woman, and who had had things very incredible to nature and reason told her; and yet she believed, without objecting thereto,…
Barnes' Notes
Blessed is she that believed - That is, “Mary” who believed what the angel spoke to her. She was blessed not only in the act of believing, but because the thing promised would certainly be fulfilled.…
Adam Clarke
Blessed is she that believed; for there shall be, etc. - Or, Blessed is she who hath believed that there shall be, etc. This I believe to be the proper arrangement of the passage, and is thus noticed…
We have here an interview between the two happy mothers, Elisabeth and Mary: the angel, by intimating to Mary the favour bestowed on her cousin Elisabeth (Luk 1:36), gave occasion for it; and…
Cambridge Bible
blessed is she that believed Perhaps Elizabeth had in mind the affliction which had followed her husband's doubt. Comp. Joh 20:29.
for there shall be a performance The words may also mean -she…
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