Luke 1 · Verse 47

Luke 1:47

And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
Luke 1:47, King James Version

Luke 1:47 in other translations

BSBand my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!
WEBMy spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior,
ASVAnd my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
YLTAnd my spirit was glad on God my Saviour,
DARBYand my spirit has rejoiced in God my Saviour.
BBEMy spirit is glad in God my Saviour.
WebsterAnd my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior.

What does Luke 1:47 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 1:46-55

46-55. A magnificent canticle, in which the strain of Hannah's ancient song, in like circumstances, is caught up, and just slightly modified and sublimed. Is it unnatural to suppose that the spirit of the blessed Virgin had been drawn beforehand into mysterious sympathy with the ideas and the tone of this hymn, so that when the life and fire of inspiration penetrated her whole soul it spontaneously swept the chorus…

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 47. In God my Saviour. God is called Saviour, as he saves people from sin and death. He was Mary's Saviour, as he had redeemed her soul and given her a title to eternal life; and she rejoiced (s) for that, and especially for his mercy in honouring her by her being made the mother of the Messiah.

(s) Ps 35:9, Hab 3:18

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 47 My spirit hath rejoiced - Exulted. These words are uncommonly emphatical - they show that Mary's whole soul was filled with the Divine influence, and wrapped up in God.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 1:39-56

It is very good for those who have the work of grace begun in their souls, to communicate one to another. On Mary's arrival, Elisabeth was conscious of the approach of her who was to be the mother of the great Redeemer. At the same time she was filled with the Holy Ghost, and under his influence declared that Mary and her expected child were most blessed and happy, as peculiarly honoured of and dear to the Most High…

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Luke 1:47 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiandG2532
ἠγαλλίασενēgalliasenrejoicesG21
τὸtotheG3588
πνεῦμάpneumaspiritG4151
μουmouof mineG3165
ἐπὶepiinG1909
τῷtō<the>G3588
θεῷtheōGodG2316
τῷtōtheG3588
σωτῆρίsōtēriSaviorG4990
μου,mouof mine,G3165

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Luke 1:47

  • Psalms 35:9

    And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord: it shall rejoice in his salvation.

  • Habakkuk 3:18

    Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

  • 1 Timothy 2:3

    For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;

  • Isaiah 45:21-22

    Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the Lord? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.

  • Titus 2:10

    Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.

  • Luke 2:11

    For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

  • Zechariah 9:9

    Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

  • Titus 2:13

    Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

  • Jude 1:25

    To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

  • 1 Timothy 1:1

    Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;

  • Titus 3:4-6

    But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;

  • Zephaniah 3:14-17

    Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. The Lord hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the Lord, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more. In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack. The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
God.
2:11; Isa 12:2,3; 45:21,22; Zep 3:14-17; Zec 9:9; 1Ti 1:1
Tit 2:10,13; 3:4-6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Luke 1:46

    And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,

  • Luke 1:47

    And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.

  • Luke 1:48

    For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

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Luke 1:47 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y mi espíritu se alegró en Dios mi Salvador.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et mon esprit s’est réjoui en Dieu mon Sauveur,
German
Elberfelder 1871
und mein Geist hat frohlockt in Gott, meinem Heilande;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et exsultavit spiritus meus in Deo salutari meo.