Text -- Luke 1:45 (NET)

1:45 And blessed is she who believed that what was spoken to her by the Lord would be fulfilled.”

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Luk 1:45

¹ sn Again the note of being blessed makes the key point of the passage about believing God.

² tn This ὅτι (Joti) clause, technically indirect discourse after πιστεύω (pisteuw), explains the content of the faith, a belief in God’s promise coming to pass.

³ tn That is, “what was said to her (by the angel) at the Lord’s command” (BDAG 756 s.v. παρά A.2).

⁴ tn Grk “that there would be a fulfillment of what was said to her from the Lord.”

sn This term speaks of completion of something planned (2 Chr 29:35).