Luke 11:27

And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.

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Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
And	δὲ de	G1161	but · conjunction
pass	Ἐγένετο Egeneto	G1096	to cause to be ("gen"-erate) · verb — second aorist middle deponent indicative, 3rd person singular
as	ἐν en	G1722	"in · preposition
he	αὐτὸν auton	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — accusative singular masculine
spake	λέγειν legein	G3004	properly · verb — present active infinitive
things	ταῦτα taûta	G5023	these things
certain	τις tis	G5100	some or any person or object · indefinite pronoun — nominative singular feminine
woman	γυνὴ gunē	G1135	a woman · noun — nominative singular feminine
of	ἐκ ek	G1537	literal or figurative · preposition
company	ὄχλου ochlou	G3793	a throng (as borne along) · noun — genitive singular masculine
up	ἐπάρασά eparasa	G1869	to raise up (literally or figuratively) · verb — aorist active participle, nominative singular feminine
voice	φωνὴν phōnēn	G5456	a tone (articulate · noun — accusative singular feminine
said	εἶπεν eipen	G2036	to speak or say (by word or writing) · verb — second aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular
him	αὐτῷ· autō	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — dative singular masculine
Blessed	μακαρία makaria	G3107	supremely blest · adjective — nominative singular feminine
womb	κοιλία koilia	G2836	a cavity · noun — nominative singular feminine
bare	βαστάσασά bastasasa	G941	to lift · verb — aorist active participle, nominative singular feminine
thee	σέ sé	G4571	thee
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
paps	μαστοὶ mastoi	G3149	a (properly · noun — nominative plural masculine
which	οὓς hous	G3739	the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun · relative pronoun — accusative plural masculine
sucked	ἐθήλασας. ethēlasas	G2337	to suckle · verb — aorist active indicative, 2nd person singular

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Cross-references

Luke 1:42 And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
Luke 1:48 For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
Luke 23:29 For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which nev…
Luke 1:28 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 11:27-28

We had not this passage in the other evangelists, nor can we tack it, as Dr. Hammond does, to that of Christ's mother and brethren desiring to speak with him (for this evangelist also has related that in Luk 8:19), but it contains an interruption much like that, and, like that, occasion is taken from it for instruction. 1. The applause which an affectionate, honest, well-meaning woman gave to our Lord Jesus, upon hearing his excellent discourses. While the scribes and Pharisees despised and blasphemed them, this good woman (and probably she was a person of some quality) admired them, and the wisdom and power with which he spoke: As he spoke these things (Luk 11:27), with a convincing force a…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 11:27

as he spake these things, a . . . woman of the company--of the multitude, the crowd. A charming little incident and profoundly instructive. With true womanly feeling, she envies the mother of such a wonderful Teacher. Well, and higher and better than she had said as much before her (Luk 1:28, Luk 1:42); and our Lord is far from condemning it. He only holds up--as "blessed rather"--the hearers and keepers of God's word; in other words, the humblest real saint of God. (See on Mat 12:49-50.) How utterly alien is this sentiment from the teaching of the Church of Rome, which would excommunicate any one of its members who dared to talk in the spirit of this glorious saying! (Also see on Mat 12:43.…

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Adam Clarke on Luke 11:27

A certain woman - lifted up her voice, and said - It was very natural for a woman, who was probably a mother, to exclaim thus. She thought that the happiness of the woman who was mother to such a son was great indeed; but our blessed Lord shows her that even the holy virgin could not be benefited by her merely being the mother of his human nature, and that they only were happy who carried Christ in their hearts. True happiness is found in hearing the glad tidings of salvation by Christ Jesus, and keeping them in a holy heart, and practising them in an unblamable life.

The Church Fathers

"Blessed is the womb that bore you." He took blessedness from the one who bore him and gave it to those who were worshiping him. It was with Mary for a certain time, but it would be with those who worshiped him for eternity. "Blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it."
— Ephrem the Syrian, COMMENTARY ON TATIAN'S DIATESSARON 11.10

Mary was more blessed in accepting the faith of Christ than in conceiving the flesh of Christ. To someone who said, "Blessed is the womb that bore you," he replied, "Rather, blessed are they who hear the word of God and keep it."Finally, for his brothers, his relatives according to the flesh who did not believe in him, of what advantage was that relationship? Even her maternal relationship would have done Mary no good unless she had borne Christ more happily in her heart than in her flesh.
— Augustine of Hippo, On Holy Virginity 3

Now, as Marcion was apprehensive that a belief of the fleshly body would also involve a belief of birth, undoubtedly He who seemed to be man was believed to be verily and indeed born. For a certain woman had exclaimed, "Blessed is the womb that bare Thee, and the paps which Thou hast sucked!" And how else could they have said that His mother and His brethren were standing without? But we shall see more of this in the proper place. Surely, when He also proclaimed Himself as the Son of man, He, without doubt, confessed that He had been born.
— Tertullian, Against Marcion Book III

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Dictionary and topics

Pharisees · .By Jesus — .By Jesus

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Luke 11:27

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 11:27-28

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 11:27

Adam Clarke on Luke 11:27

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Luke 11:27

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 11:27-28

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 11:27

Adam Clarke on Luke 11:27

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Luke 11:27

John Calvin on Luke 11:27-33

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Luke 11:26