The Speech of Elisabeth Must be Regarded as an Inspired S
Bishop Goodwin. Luke 1:39-45 And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;… peech: — St. Luke seems to assert as much when he says that she was "filled with the Holy Ghost," and that she spake out with a loud voice and described the blessed virgin as the mother of her Lord. And observe that in this inspired speech Elisabeth addresses Mary in the very phrase which the angel had already used, "Blessed," &c. Observe also the manner in which Elisabeth speaks of the blessed virgin's faith. There is a peculiar emphasis in the phrase, "Blessed is she that believed." It was her faith, in the one great instance in which it was tried, which made her, as it were, a fellow-worker with God, and gave her the high honour and privilege of being something more than a mere passive instrument in the great work of human redemption. (Bishop Goodwin.) Parallel Verses KJV: And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda; WEB: Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah,