Pentecost Season · Year C
Mary's Visitation
May 31, 2028
Overview & Insights
“Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!” (Luke 1:42)
In our first two sections of Luke’s text the angel Gabriel has announced two births to mothers who should not have been expecting a baby (one too old, the other not yet married). Before the births of John and Jesus are narrated, the two families are brought together, and we have in this domestic scene an opportunity to reflect on the significance of these two special people. The unborn John and his mother recognize the superior status of Mary’s son, and Mary speaks with delight and wonder of the incredible honor of being the mother of God’s Son. The paradoxical values expressed in Mary’s song prepare the reader for the repeated challenges to the status quo that will mark Jesus’s ministry as this Gospel will describe it.
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Commentary on Luke 1:39-45 [46-55] Working Preacher
Reads Mary and Elizabeth as the two lowly women through whom God begins the world's transformation.
Luke 1:39-45 (46-55) Center for Excellence in Preaching
A preaching angle on Mary's trust and the meeting of the two mothers.
Luke 1 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik
Verse-by-verse evangelical notes covering the whole infancy narrative chapter.
Luke 1 Commentary Precept Austin
Detailed word-level study notes on the chapter for deeper prep.
Luke 1:39 Commentaries BibleHub
Aggregates classic commentaries verse by verse on Mary's journey to Elizabeth.
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What happens when Mary visits Elizabeth?
The child leaps in Elizabeth's womb, she blesses Mary as the mother of her Lord, and Mary answers with the Magnificat, the song of the God who lifts up the lowly.
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