43And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
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And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.
Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.
And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 39-56)We have here an interview between the two happy mothers, Elisabeth and Mary: the angel, by intimating to Mary the favour bestowed on her cousin Elisabeth (Luke 1:36), gave occasion for it; and sometimes it may prove a better piece of service that we think to bring good people together, to compare notes. Here is, I. The visit which Mary made to Elisabeth. Mary was the younger , and younger with chi…
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