Matthew Poole Commentary - Luke 1:54 - 1:54

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Luke 1:54 - 1:54


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Ver. 54,55. In these verses the blessed virgin celebrates God’s mercy together with his truth, withal she hath here a respect to God’s particular goodness and mercy in the sending of the Redeemer. The word which we here translate



hath holpen, signifieth he hath sustained, or as it were lifted up with his hand,



his servant Israel, or his child Israel. He calleth Ephraim his dear son, his pleasant child, Jer_31:20; but by Israel he meaneth believers, those of Abraham’s seed that lived in the faith, hope, and expectation of the Messiah; the children of the promise, Rom_9:8; those who are Jews inwardly, Rom_2:29; the true circumcision, Phi_3:3; Israelites indeed, Joh_1:47. This, she saith, God had done, not in remembrance of their merits, but his own mercy, Eze_36:32; of his own free goodness and mercy, and in the fulfilling of his promise made to Abraham, Gen_17:15; the extent of which promise is declared Rom_9:6-9; and that seed of Abraham, his seed as the father of the faithful, shall be for ever, and the virtue of the promise shall hold to them for ever.