Luke 1:48. Hath looked upon; see chap. Luke 9:38.

The low estate. Not humility of mind, but humility of station, of external condition.

For, behold, from henceforth. In proof that the Lord had thus looked upon her low estate.

All generations shall call me blessed. Recognize the blessedness bestowed on her by God, as already declared by Elisabeth (Luke 1:48). Comp. the instance given in Luke 11:27, and the significant reply of our Lord, which accepts the blessedness of his mother and yet cautions against excesses in this direction.

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