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The low estate (tēn tapeinōsin). The bride of a carpenter and yet to be the mother of the Messiah. Literal sense here as in Luk 1:52.
Shall call me blessed (makariousin me). So-called Attic future of an old verb, to felicitate. Elisabeth had already given her a beatitude (makaria, Luk 1:45). Another occurs in Luk 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.