Luk 1:48 | RWP | e4.org | The low estate ( την ταπεινωσιν ). The bride of a carpenter and yet to be the mother of the Messiah. Literal sense here as in . Shall call me blessed ( μακαριουσιν με ). So-called Attic future of an old verb, to felicitate. Elisabeth had already given her a beatitude ( μακαρια , ). Another occurs in . But this is a very different thing from the worship of Mary (Mariolatry) by Roman Catholics. See my The Mother of Jesus: Her Problems and Her Glory .

‏ Luke 1:48

The low estate ( την ταπεινωσιν ). The bride of a carpenter and yet to be the mother of the Messiah. Literal sense here as in 1:52.

Shall call me blessed ( μακαριουσιν με ). So-called Attic future of an old verb, to felicitate. Elisabeth had already given her a beatitude ( μακαρια, 1:45). Another occurs in 11:27. But this is a very different thing from the worship of Mary (Mariolatry) by Roman Catholics. See my The Mother of Jesus: Her Problems and Her Glory.