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Luke 1:50
50He is kind to people who respect and obey him. He will always be kind to people like that.
Luke 1:50 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
- New International Version (NIV)His mercy extends to those who fear him, from generation to generation.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And his mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And His mercy is on those who fear Him From generation to generation.
Context of Luke 1:50
48I know that I am not an important person. God knows this, and he has been kind to me. Listen! From now on, all people will say that God has made me happy. 49Yes, God has done great things for me. He is very powerful and strong. He is good in every way. He is kind to people who respect and obey him. He will always be kind to people like that. 51He has shown how strong he is to do great things. Some people think that they are very important. But he has sent them away in different directions. 52Some people were ruling countries. But he has taken their power away from them. He has given power to people who do not feel important.
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καὶ τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ εἰς γενεὰς καὶ γενεὰς τοῖς φοβουμένοις αὐτόν·Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Luke 1:50
- Genesis 17:7My covenant with you is very strong. I am making it with you and with your descendants. It will continue for generation after generation of your descendants, for all time. I will be your God. I will also be the God of all your descendants.
- Exodus 20:6But I will truly love all those who love me. They are the people who obey my laws. I will continue to love them and their families for ever.
- Exodus 34:6The Lord passed in front of Moses. He said in a loud voice, ‘I am the Lord! The Lord! I am kind to people and I forgive them. I do not quickly become angry. My faithful love for my people continues for ever, and I am always faithful.
- Psalms 31:19You have prepared many good things to bless people who respect you. While everyone watches, you bless those who come to you for help.
- Psalms 85:9Yes, God will soon rescue his people who serve him. Then we will see his glory again in our land.
- Psalms 103:11For people who worship him, his faithful love is very great. How far is the sky above the earth? His love is greater than that!
- Psalms 115:13He will bless everybody who serves him, whether they are important people or not.
- Psalms 118:4Everyone who serves the Lord must now say, ‘His faithful love will always be with us.’
- Psalms 145:19Very kindly he gives his own people the things that they need. He saves them when they call to him for help.
- Psalms 147:11Who does make the Lord happy? People who respect him and serve him well. People who trust him because they know he loves them.
- Malachi 3:16Then the people who respected the Lord talked to each other. The Lord listened to what they said. While the Lord watched, someone wrote names on a scroll. Those were the names of the people who worshipped the Lord and respected the Lord's name. They wrote down their names so that people would remember them.
- Revelation 19:5Then a voice spoke from the throne. It said, ‘All of you who are God's servants, praise our God! All of you who respect God's power, worship him! Important people and ordinary people should worship him!’
Commentaries on Luke 1:50
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 50His mercy is on them that fear him - His exuberant kindness manifests itself in acts of mercy to all those who fear or reverence his name; and this is continued from generation to generation, because he is abundant in goodness, and because he delighteth in mercy. This is a noble, becoming, and just character of the God of the Christians; a being who delights in the salvation and happiness of all his creatures, because his name is mercy, and his nature…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 50His mercy - Favor shown to the miserable and the guilty. Is on them - Is shown or manifested to them. That fear him - That “reverence” or honor Him. One kind of fear is that which a servant has of a cruel master, or which a man has of a precipice, the plague, or death. This is not the “fear” which we ought to have toward God. It is the fear which a dutiful child has of a kind and virtuous father a fear of injuring his feelings; of dishonoring him by our…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 39-56Verses 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 God. Mary, animated by…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 46-55Mary’s song is the first of three songs of praise in the birth story of Jesus. It is called the Magnificat (Latin for “magnifies”). The song has many similarities to Hannah’s prayer in 1 Samuel 2:1–10. The fact that God cares for the oppressed and reverses their fortunes is a common theme throughout Luke’s Gospel. The coming of God’s kingdom brings salvation to rejected and outcast people.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 46-5546-55. 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 of this song, enriching the Hymnal of…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Luke 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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