(Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.
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Gill's Exposition
And there was one Anna,.... The name is the same with Hannah: so Hannah, the mother of Samuel, is by the Septuagint called Anna, in Sa1 1:2 and it signifies "grace"; or "gracious": and as was her…
Barnes' Notes
Yea, a sword ... - The sufferings and death of thy Son shall deeply afflict thy soul. And if Mary had not been thus forewarned and sustained by strong faith, she could not have borne the trials which…
Adam Clarke
Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also - Probably meaning, Thou also, as well as thy son, shall die a martyr for the truth. But as this is a metaphor used by the most respectable Greek…
Even when he humbles himself, still Christ has honour done him to balance the offence of it. That we might not be stumbled at the meanness of his birth, angels then did him honour; and now, that we…
Cambridge Bible
a sword The word rhomphaia, probably a broad Thracian sword, only occurs elsewhere in the New Testament in Rev 1:16, &c., but it is used in the LXX., as in Zec 13:7, "Awake, O sword, against my…
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