Luk 1:41-44 | RWP | e4.org | Leaped ( εσκιρτησεν ). A common enough incident with unborn children ( ), but Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit to understand what had happened to Mary.

‏ Luke 1:41-44

Leaped ( εσκιρτησεν ). A common enough incident with unborn children (Ge 25:22), but Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit to understand what had happened to Mary.

With a loud cry ( κραυγη μεγαλη ). A moment of ecstatic excitement.

Blessed art thou ( ευλογημενη ). Perfect passive participle. A Hebraistic equivalent for the superlative.

The mother of my Lord ( η μητηρ του Κυριου μου ). See Ps 110:1. Only by the help of the Holy Spirit could Elisabeth know that Mary was to be the mother of the Messiah.