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Selected Verse: Luke 1:54 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Lu 1:54 |
King James |
He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy; |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| holpen--Compare Psa 89:19, "I have laid help on One that is mighty." |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Hath holpen - Hath helped or assisted. The word rendered "holpen" denotes properly, "to take hold of one, to help him up when he is in danger of falling," and here means that God had succored his people when they were feeble, and were in danger of falling or being overthrown.
His servant Israel - His people the Israelites, or those who truly revered him and kept His commandments. See Isa 41:8-9; Hos 11:1.
In remembrance of his mercy - Or that His mercy may be remembered. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Hath holpen (ἀντελαβέτο)
The verb means to lay hold on: thence to grasp helpfully or to help. To lay hold in the sense of partaking (Ti1 6:2), carries us back to the primitive meaning of the word according to its composition: to receive instead of, or in return (ἀντὶ), and suggests the old phrase to take up for, espouse the cause of. Wyc., has took up, but probably not in this sense.
Servant (παιδὸς)
Often child, son or daughter, but here servant, in allusion to Isa 41:8. Meyer truthfully says that the theocratic notion of sonship is never expressed by παῖς. See Rev., Act 3:13, Act 3:26; Act 4:27, Act 4:30. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| He hath helped his servant Israel - By sending the Messiah. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
He hath holpen [supported, αντελαβετο] his servant Israel - Israel is here represented as falling, and the Lord comes speedily in and props him up. The house of David was now ready to fall and rise no more; Jesus, being born of the very last branch of the regal line, revived the family, and restored the dominion.
In remembrance of his mercy - By mercy, the covenant which God made with Abraham, Gen 15:18, is intended; which covenant proceeded from God's eternal mercy, as in it salvation was promised to all the nations of the earth. See Gen 17:19, and Gen 22:18, and this promise was, in one form or other, given to all the fathers, Luk 1:55.
This song properly consists of three parts.
1. In the first part Mary praises God for what he had done for herself, Luk 1:46-50.
2. In the second, she praises him for what he had done, and would do, against the oppressors of his people, Luk 1:51-53.
3. In the third, she praises him for what he had done, and would do, for his Church, Luk 1:53-56. |
19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
1 When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
8 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
9 Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
30 By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
27 For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
26 Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.
8 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
2 And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.
53 He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
54 He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;
55 As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
56 And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own house.
51 He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
52 He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
53 He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
46 And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
48 For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
49 For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.
50 And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
55 As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: