Luke 1:44-45

1:44 For the instant the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. 1:45 And blessed is she who believed that what was spoken to her by the Lord would be fulfilled.”


tn Grk “for behold.”

tn Grk “when the sound of your greeting [reached] my ears.”

sn On the statement the baby in my womb leaped for joy see both 1:14 and 1:47. This notes a fulfillment of God’s promised word.

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

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.

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

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