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Luke 1:46

And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,

KJV

Καὶ εἶπεν Μαριάμ· μεγαλύνει ἡ ψυχή μου τὸν κύριον,

Greek NT

Et ait Maria : Magnificat anima mea Dominum :

Vulgate

And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,

ASV

And Mary said: My soul doth magnify the Lord.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Μαρία
maria
noun · 54×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μεγαλύνω
megaluno
verb · 8×
ψυχή
psuche
noun · 102×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×

Intertextual echoes

This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.

  • 1Sam 2:1 · echo
    "And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation."
    Hannah's prayer — Mary's Magnificat echoes the song of Hannah

Themes

Historic Christian voices

10 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§722The Holy Spirit prepared Mary by his grace. It was fitting that the mother of him in whom "the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily"102 should herself be "full of grace." She was, by sheer grace, conceived without sin as the most humble of creatures, the most capable of welcoming the inexpressible gift of the Almighty. It was quite correct for the angel Gabriel to greet her as…
§2097To adore God is to acknowledge, in respect and absolute submission, the "nothingness of the creature" who would not exist but for God. To adore God is to praise and exalt him and to humble oneself, as Mary did in the Magnificat, confessing with gratitude that he has done great things and holy is his name.14 The worship of the one God sets man free from turning in on himself, fr…
§2619That is why the Canticle of Mary,91 The Magnificat (Latin) or Megalynei (byzantine) is the song both of the Mother of God and of the Church; the song of the Daughter of Zion and of the new People of God; the song of thanksgiving for the fullness of graces poured out in the economy of salvation and the song of the "poor" whose hope is met by the fulfillment of the promises made …
…and 1 more from this source.
Proofs of the foregoing, drawn from the Gospels of Mark and Luke. 1. Luke also, the follower and disciple of the apostles, referring to Zacharias and Elisabeth, from whom, according to promise, John was born, says: And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. Luke 1:6 And again, speaking of Zacharias: And it came…
Recapitulation of the foregoing argument, showing that Abraham, through the revelation of the Word, knew the Father, and the coming of the Son of God. For this cause, he rejoiced to see the day of Christ, when the promises made to him should be fulfilled. The fruit of this rejoicing has flowed to posterity, viz., to those who are partakers in the faith of Abraham, but not to th…
Was the Blessed Virgin, Mother of God, sanctified before her birth from the womb? Was she sanctified before animation? Was the fomes of sin entirely taken away from her in virtue of this sanctification? Was the result of this sanctification that she never sinned? In virtue of this sanctification, did she receive the fulness of grace? Was it proper to her to be thus sanctified? …

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 1:31 — That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
  • 1Pet 1:8 — Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
  • 1Sam 2:1 — And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.
  • 1Sam 2:1 — And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.
  • 1Thess 5:23 — And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • 2Cor 2:14 — Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
  • Gen 21:6 — And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.
  • Hab 3:17 — Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and ther
  • Hab 3:18 — Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
  • Isa 24:15 — Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, even the name of the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea.
  • Isa 45:25 — In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.
  • Isa 61:10 — I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh
  • Isa 61:10 — I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh
  • Job 36:24 — Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.
  • Joel 2:23 — Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter
  • Luke 2:28 — Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,
  • Phil 3:3 — For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
  • Phil 4:4 — Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
  • Prov 31:30 — Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
  • Ps 34:2 — My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
  • Ps 34:3 — O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.
  • Ps 35:9 — And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.
  • Ps 35:9 — And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.
  • Ps 40:16 — Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.
  • Ps 71:23 — My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
  • Ps 103:1 — Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
  • Ps 103:1 — Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
  • Rom 5:11 — And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.