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For he who is mighty has done great things for me. Holy is his name.
Luke 1:49 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.
  • BSB For the Mighty One has done great things for me. Holy is His name.
  • NKJV For He who is mighty has done great things for me, And holy is His name.
  • NASB “For the Mighty One has done great things for me; And holy is His name.
  • NLT For the Mighty One is holy, and he has done great things for me.

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Quick answer

The Mighty One has done great things for Mary, and his name is holy. She praises God's power and holiness.

Overview

Mary attributes her blessing entirely to God's mighty acts and holy character. She glorifies God rather than herself for what has been done. Her praise centers on who God is and what he has accomplished.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 19

  • Ps 111:9He has sent redemption to his people. He has ordained his covenant forever. His name is holy and awesome!
  • Eph 3:20Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
  • Ps 126:2–3Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, “Yahweh has done great things for them.”
  • Ps 99:3Let them praise your great and awesome name. He is Holy!
  • Gen 17:1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty. Walk before me, and be blameless.
  • Jer 10:6There is no one like you, Yahweh. you are great, and your name is great in might.
  • Rev 15:4Who wouldn’t fear you, Lord, and glorify your name? For you only are holy. For all the nations will come and worship before you. For your righteous acts have been revealed.”
  • Isa 57:15For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
  • Exod 15:11Who is like you, Yahweh, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
  • Ps 99:9Exalt Yahweh, our God. Worship at his holy hill, for Yahweh, our God, is holy!
  • 1 Sam 2:2There is no one as holy as Yahweh, For there is no one besides you, nor is there any rock like our God.
  • Jer 20:11But Yahweh is with me as an awesome mighty one. Therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail. They shall be utterly disappointed, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which shall never be forgotten.
  • Ps 71:19–21Your righteousness also, God, reaches to the heavens; you have done great things. God, who is like you?
  • Isa 6:3One called to another, and said, “Holy, holy, holy, is Yahweh of Armies! The whole earth is full of his glory!”
  • Ps 24:8Who is the King of glory? Yahweh strong and mighty, Yahweh mighty in battle.
  • Rev 4:8The four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within. They have no rest day and night, saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come!”
  • Mark 5:13At once Jesus gave them permission. The unclean spirits came out and entered into the pigs. The herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and they were drowned in the sea.
  • Isa 63:1Who is this who comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? Who this who is glorious in his clothing, marching in the greatness of his strength? “It is I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.”
  • Isa 1:24Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, the Mighty One of Israel, says: “Ah, I will get relief from my adversaries, and avenge myself on my enemies;

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Christ at the center

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.

How Luke 1:49 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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