Luke 1:55

55 It's exactly what he promised, beginning with Abraham and right up to now.

Luke 1:55 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 1:55

As he spake to our fathers
To David, of whose family Mary was; and to Jacob, or Israel, of whose stock she was; and to Isaac, in whom the seed was to be, called; and particularly,

to Abraham and to his seed for ever:
not his natural, but his spiritual seed; both among Jews and Gentiles, to the end of the world; to these God promised this mercy of a Saviour and Redeemer, and to these he performs it, and will to all generations.

Luke 1:55 In-Context

53 The starving poor sat down to a banquet; the callous rich were left out in the cold.
54 He embraced his chosen child, Israel; he remembered and piled on the mercies, piled them high.
55 It's exactly what he promised, beginning with Abraham and right up to now.
56 Mary stayed with Elizabeth for three months and then went back to her own home.
57 When Elizabeth was full-term in her pregnancy, she bore a son.
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