Luke 1:44

44 ecce enim ut facta est vox salutationis tuae in auribus meis exultavit in gaudio infans in utero meo

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 et exclamavit voce magna et dixit benedicta tu inter mulieres et benedictus fructus ventris tui

43 et unde hoc mihi ut veniat mater Domini mei ad me

44 ecce enim ut facta est vox salutationis tuae in auribus meis exultavit in gaudio infans in utero meo

45 et beata quae credidit quoniam perficientur ea quae dicta sunt ei a Domino

46 et ait Maria magnificat anima mea Dominum