Luke Chapter 1 verse 54 Holy Bible
He hath given help to Israel his servant, That he might remember mercy
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His help he has given to Israel, his servant, so that he might keep in mind his mercy to Abraham and his seed for ever,
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He has helped Israel his servant, in order to remember mercy,
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He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;
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He has given help to Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy,
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He received again Israel His servant, To remember kindness,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 54, 55. - He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy; as he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever. Her hymn dies down into a strain of gratitude for the eternal faithfulness to the cause of the chosen people. Had not God in very truth remembered his ancient promise? From one of their daughters, still speaking of the future as of the past, Messiah had been born - a greater Deliverer, too, than the most sanguine Hebrew patriot had ever dreamed of.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(54) He hath holpen his servant Israel.--Up to this point the hymn has been one of personal thanks-giving. Now we find that all the soul of the maiden of Nazareth is with her people. Her joy in the "great things "which God has done for her rests on the fact that they are "great things "for Israel also. The word which she uses for her people is that which expresses their relation to God as "the servant" of Jehovah, who is prominent in the later chapters of Isaiah, and is in Isaiah 41:8 identified with the nation, as elsewhere with the nation's Head (Isaiah 42:1). One may see in the utterance of this hope already seen as realised, an indication of the early date of the hymn. At the time when St. Luke wrote, the rejection, not the restoration of Israel, was the dominant thought in men's minds.In remembrance.--Literally, in order to remember. He helped Israel, as with the purpose to prove Himself not unmindful of His promised mercy.