Lukas 1:49

49 Want grote dingen heeft aan mij gedaan Hij, Die machtig is, en heilig is Zijn Naam.

Lukas 1:49 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 1:49

For he that is mighty hath done to me great things
With respect to the incarnation of Christ, a new, a great, and unheard of thing; in causing her, though a virgin, to conceive; and also to bear such a Son, who should be called Jesus, a Saviour, Immanuel, God with us; and who was no other than the mighty God, the everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace: wherefore she describes God the author of it, by a proper periphrasis of him, "he that is mighty"; since this was a work of almighty power, and very justly adds,

and holy is his name:
seeing this was brought about without any impurity, through the overshadowing influence of the Holy Ghost; whereby the human nature was preserved from the infection of sin, was sanctified, and fit to be united to the Son of God, and to be a sacrifice for the sins of his people. This may also have regard to the great things God had done for her in a spiritual sense; in the choice of her to eternal life, in the redemption of her by the Messiah, and in her regeneration and sanctification; wherein God had displayed his sovereign grace and goodness, and his almighty power, in a way consistent with his justice and holiness.

Lukas 1:49 In-Context

47 En mijn geest verheugt zich in God, mijn Zaligmaker;

48 Omdat Hij de nederheid Zijner dienstmaagd heeft aangezien; want zie, van nu aan zullen mij zalig spreken al de geslachten.

49 Want grote dingen heeft aan mij gedaan Hij, Die machtig is, en heilig is Zijn Naam.

50 En Zijn barmhartigheid is van geslacht tot geslacht over degenen, die Hem vrezen.

51 Hij heeft een krachtig werk gedaan door Zijn arm; Hij heeft verstrooid de hoogmoedigen in de gedachten hunner harten.