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48. ἐπέβλεψεν. ‘He looked upon’.
τὴν ταπείνωσιν. So Hagar (Gen 16:11) and Hannah (1Sa 1:11; cf. Psa 138:6; Psa 102:17). The word may be rendered ‘humiliation’, Act 8:33; Isa 1:9-10. ‘Humility’ is ταπεινότης. The reader will notice in this hymn more than one anticipation of the Beatitudes.
μακαριοῦσίν με πᾶσαι αἱ γενεαί. “Blessed is the womb that bare Thee,” Luk 11:27. “Leah said, The daughters will call me blessed,” Gen 30:13; Psa 72:17. We cannot but wonder at the faith of the despised and persecuted Virgin of Nazareth, whose inspired anticipations have been so amply fulfilled.