Luke 1:44

44 For, the moment your greeting reached my ears, the babe within me leapt 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 and uttered a loud cry of joy. "Blest among women are you," she said, "and the offspring of your body is blest!

43 But why is this honour done me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

44 For, the moment your greeting reached my ears, the babe within me leapt for joy.

45 And blessed is she who has believed, for the word spoken to her from the Lord shall be fulfilled."

46 Then Mary said: "My soul extols the Lord,