SEV Biblia, Chapter 1:51
Hizo valentía con su brazo; esparci los soberbios del pensamiento de su corazn.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Luke 1:51
Verse 51. He hath showed strength] Or, He hath gained the victory, epoihse kratov. The word kratov is used for victory, by Homer, Hesiod, Sophocles, Euripides, and others. With his arm] Grotius has well observed, that God's efficacy is represented by his finger, his great power by his hand, and his omnipotence by his arm. The plague of lice was the finger of God, Exod. vii. 18. The plagues in general were wrought by his hand, Exod. iii. 20, And the destruction of Pharaoh's host in the Red Sea, which was effected by the omnipotence of God, is called the act of his arm, Exod. xv. 16.
He hath scattered] dieskorpisen, hath scattered abroad; as a whirlwind scatters dust and chaff.
The proud] Or haughty, uperhfanouv; from uper above, and fainw I show-the haughty men, who wish to be noticed in preference to all others, and feel sovereign contempt for all but themselves. These God scatters abroad-instead of being in his sight, as in their own, the most excellent of the earth, he treats them as straw, stubble, chaff, and dust.
In the imagination of their hearts.] While they are forming their insolent, proud, and oppressive projects-laying their plans, and imagining that accomplishment and success are waiting at their right hand, the whirlwind of God's displeasure blows, and they and their machinations are dissipated together.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 51. He hath showed strength with his arm , etc.] Of almighty power, in the business of the incarnation, and in working out salvation for his people; which is done by his own arm, he being mighty to save, and travelling in the greatness of his strength; (see Isaiah 63:1,5). He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts ; whom he always resists, and both in providence and grace, takes such methods, as tend to humble and confound them: here particularly, it may regard the proud and haughty Jews; who imagined nothing less, than that the Messiah would be born of one of the rich and noble families in Judea; that he would appear as a temporal prince, and set up a temporal kingdom in great state and splendour, and make them a free and flourishing people: when instead of this, he was to be born of a poor virgin, of whom they disdainfully say, is not his mother called Mary? who was of Nazareth in Galilee, of which it is said, shall Christ come out of Galilee? or any good thing out of Nazareth? A virgin betrothed to a carpenter, and her son of that business also, with which both were flouted; and because of this meanness, the Messiah was rejected by them; and thus were they scattered and confounded in their imaginations.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 39-56 - It is very good for those who have the work of grace begun in their souls, to communicate one to another. On Mary's arrival, Elisabeth wa conscious of the approach of her who was to be the mother of the grea Redeemer. At the same time she was filled with the Holy Ghost, an under his influence declared that Mary and her expected child were mos blessed and happy, as peculiarly honoured of and dear to the Most Hig God. Mary, animated by Elisabeth's address, and being also under the influence of the Holy Ghost, broke out into joy, admiration, an gratitude. She knew herself to be a sinner who needed a Saviour, an that she could no otherwise rejoice in God than as interested in his salvation through the promised Messiah. Those who see their need of Christ, and are desirous of righteousness and life in him, he fill with good things, with the best things; and they are abundantl satisfied with the blessings he gives. He will satisfy the desires of the poor in spirit who long for spiritual blessings, while the self-sufficient shall be sent empty away.
Greek Textus Receptus
εποιησεν 4160 5656 V-AAI-3S κρατος 2904 N-ASN εν 1722 PREP βραχιονι 1023 N-DSM αυτου 846 P-GSM διεσκορπισεν 1287 5656 V-AAI-3S υπερηφανους 5244 A-APM διανοια 1271 N-DSF καρδιας 2588 N-GSF αυτων 846 P-GPM
Vincent's NT Word Studies
51. Shewed strength (epoihsen kratov). Lit., made strength. So Wyc., made might. A Hebrew form of expression. Compare Ps. cxviii. 15, Sept.: "The right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly" (ejpoihse dunamin, made strength).In the imagination (dianoia). The faculty of thought, understanding, especially moral understanding. Wyc. refers the word here to God: with mind of his heart. Some prefer to render "by the imagination," thus making the proud the instrument of their own destruction. Compare 2 Corinthians x. 5.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
1:51 {Showed strength} (epoiesen kratos). "Made might" (Wycliff). A Hebrew conception as in #Ps 118:15. Plummer notes six aorist indicatives in this sentence (#51-63), neither corresponding to our English idiom, which translates here by "hath" each time. {Imagination} (dianoiai). Intellectual insight, moral understanding.
