Luke 1:46-56

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+title = "Luke 1:46–56"
+date = "2022-10-20"
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+### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Lk1.46-56)
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+Mary's song of praise to the Lord has been famously set to music as
+"Magnificat", from the first word of its Latin translation. It describes how
+God reverses the typical order of human society, humbling the proud and the
+rulers and raising up the poor and humble. She recognizes that her role in
+redemptive history will make her very famous and highly regarded, and yet she
+gives all credit to the Lord her Savior.
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+The Reformation Study Bible has a note that says Mary apparently did not stay
+for the birth of John. I'm not certain I believe that, but there's also no real
+way to tell from the text. Mary isn't mentioned in the next section, but the
+focus of it isn't on her partof the narrative either. If Elizabeth was in her
+sixth month of pregnancy when Mary arrived and she stayed "about" three months,
+that "about" could be more or less.
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+Help us to fear you, O Lord, and have mercy on us.