and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!
Parallel translations
- WEB My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior,
- KJV And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
- NKJV And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.
- NASB And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.
- NLT How my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!
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Quick answer
Mary rejoices in God her Savior. She knows God as the one who saves.
Overview
Mary calls God her Savior, expressing personal faith and joy in his salvation. Her words show that she, too, needs and receives God's saving grace. True joy flows from delighting in God as Redeemer.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 14
- Ps 35:9Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD and exult in His salvation.
- 1 Tim 2:3This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior,
- Hab 3:18yet I will exult in the LORD; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!
- Isa 45:21–22Speak up and present your case—yes, let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago? Who announced it from ancient times? Was it not I, the LORD? There is no other God but Me, a righteous God and Savior; there is none but Me.
- Zech 9:9Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
- Luke 2:11Today in the city of David a Savior has been born to you. He is Christ the Lord!
- Titus 2:10not stealing from them, but showing all good faith, so that in every respect they will adorn the teaching about God our Savior.
- Jude 1:25to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority through Jesus Christ our Lord before all time, and now, and for all eternity. Amen.
- Titus 2:13as we await the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.
- Titus 3:4–6But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,
- 1 Tim 1:1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,
- Isa 12:2–3Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
- Zeph 3:14–17Sing for joy, O Daughter of Zion; shout aloud, O Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, O Daughter of Jerusalem!
- Titus 1:3In His own time He has made His word evident in the proclamation entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior.
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Luke shows Jesus the Savior for all — outsiders, the poor, the nations — the one who, on the Emmaus road, opened all the Scriptures to show they were about himself.
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