45 Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her!”

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45 And blessed[a] is she who believed that[b] what was spoken to her by[c] the Lord would be fulfilled.”[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 1:45 sn Again the note of being blessed makes the key point of the passage about believing God.
  2. Luke 1:45 tn This ὅτι (hoti) clause, technically indirect discourse after πιστεύω (pisteuō), explains the content of the faith, a belief in God’s promise coming to pass.
  3. Luke 1:45 tn That is, “what was said to her (by the angel) at the Lord’s command” (BDAG 756 s.v. παρά A.2).
  4. Luke 1:45 tn Grk “that there would be a fulfillment of what was said to her from the Lord.”sn This term speaks of completion of something planned (2 Chr 29:35).