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Luke 1:45

Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord’s word to her will be fulfilled.”
Luke 1:45
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Study notes

Elizabeth tells Mary she is blessed because she believed the Lord's word would be fulfilled.

Explanation

Mary visits Elizabeth, who is filled with the Holy Spirit and blesses her (1:41-45). Unlike Zechariah, who doubted the angel's message (1:20), Mary believed.

Original language
  • μακαρία (makaria): blessed
    Greek · Adjective, nominative, singular, feminine · Strong's G3107 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Blessed, happy: favoured by God.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Luke 1:45, word 2

  • πιστεύσασα (pisteusasa): to trust (in)
    Greek · Verb, aorist, active, participle, nominative, singular, feminine · Strong's G4100 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Having believed.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Luke 1:45, word 4

  • τελείωσις (teleiōsis): perfection
    Greek · Noun, nominative, singular, feminine · Strong's G5050 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Fulfilment, completion.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Luke 1:45, word 7

  • κυρίου (kuriou): lord
    Greek · Noun, genitive, singular, masculine · Strong's G2962G · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Lord.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Luke 1:45, word 12

Cross-references
  • Luke 1:38 · Surrounding passage

    May it happen to me as you have said.

  • Luke 1:20 · Surrounding passage

    Zechariah did not believe and became silent.

  • Romans 4:20-21 · Same theme

    Abraham was fully persuaded God could do what He promised.

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Original language and places

Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Greek)

καὶ μακαρία ἡ πιστεύσασα ὅτι ἔσται τελείωσις τοῖς λελαλημένοις αὐτῇ παρὰ κυρίου.

  1. καὶkai“And”
    Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
  2. μακαρίαmakaria“blessed [is]”
    Adjective, nominative, singular, feminine · from μακάριος · “blessed” · Strong's G3107
  3. ἡhē“the [one]”
    Article, nominative, singular, feminine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  4. πιστεύσασαpisteusasa“having believed”
    Verb, aorist, active, participle, nominative, singular, feminine · from πιστεύω · “to trust (in)” · Strong's G4100
  5. ὅτιhoti“that”
    Conjunction · “that/since” · Strong's G3754G
  6. ἔσταιestai“there will be”
    Verb, future, middle (deponent), indicative, 3rd person singular · from εἰμί · “to be” · Strong's G1510
  7. τελείωσιςteleiōsis“a fulfillment”
    Noun, nominative, singular, feminine · “perfection” · Strong's G5050
  8. τοῖςtois“to the [things]”
    Article, dative, plural, neuter · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  9. λελαλημένοιςlelalēmenois“spoken”
    Verb, perfect, passive, participle, dative, plural, neuter · from λαλέω · “to speak” · Strong's G2980
  10. αὐτῇautēa“to her”
    Personal pronoun, dative, singular, feminine · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
  11. παρὰpara“from”
    Preposition · from παρά · “from with” · Strong's G3844
  12. κυρίου.kuriou“[the] Lord.”
    Noun, genitive, singular, masculine · from κύριος · “lord” · Strong's G2962G
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  • Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)