Luke 1:44

44 As soon as I heard the sound of your voice, the baby inside me jumped for joy.

Luke 1:44 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 1:44

For lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in
mine ears
This she mentions, as the signal by which she knew that she was the mother of her Lord; namely, from that unusual and extraordinary motion of the child, she felt within her:

the babe leaped in my womb for joy;
that the mother of her Lord, and his, was come thither: the Jews ought not to object to this, who affirm, that the embryos, or infants in their mother's womb, sung the song at the Red Sea, and praised God. ^F9

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 Targum in Ps lxviii. 27. Zohar in Exod. fol. 23. 3. T. Hieros, Sota, fol. 20. 3. Tzeror Hammor, fol. 75. 3.

Luke 1:44 In-Context

42 In a loud voice she called out, "God has blessed you more than other women. And blessed is the child you will have!

43 But why is God so kind to me? Why has the mother of my Lord come to me?

44 As soon as I heard the sound of your voice, the baby inside me jumped for joy.

45 You are a woman God has blessed. You have believed that what the Lord has said to you will be done!"

46 Mary said, "My soul gives glory to the Lord.