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For the Mighty One has done great things for me. Holy is His name.
Luke 1:49 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB For he who is mighty has done great things for me. Holy is his name.
  • KJV For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and 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; holy and awesome is His name.
  • Eph 3:20Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
  • Ps 126:2–3Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD 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, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
  • Jer 10:6There is none like You, O LORD. You are great, and Your name is mighty in power.
  • Rev 15:4Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed.”
  • Isa 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
  • Exod 15:11Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
  • Ps 99:9Exalt the LORD our God and worship at His holy mountain, for the LORD our God is holy.
  • 1 Sam 2:2There is no one holy like the LORD. Indeed, there is no one besides You! And there is no Rock like our God.
  • Jer 20:11But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail. Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly put to shame, with an everlasting disgrace that will never be forgotten.
  • Ps 71:19–21Your righteousness reaches to the heavens, O God, You who have done great things. Who, O God, is like You?
  • Isa 6:3And they were calling out to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Hosts; all the earth is full of His glory.”
  • Ps 24:8Who is this King of Glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
  • Rev 4:8And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”
  • Mark 5:13He gave them permission, and the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs, and the herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the water.
  • Isa 63:1Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”
  • Isa 1:24Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, declares: “Ah, I will be relieved of My foes 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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