Hi PeacebyJesus,
Thanks for responding.
According to the Biblehub which is a Protestant Scripture website, the KJV, the Darby, the Webster and the World English say, blessed art thou among women.
Jael is called blessed among women because she killed a man in his sleep and thus rescued the Israelites. Mary is called blessed amongst women, twice, because she will soon conceive the Son of God (Luke 1:28) and because she had conceived the Son of God (Luke 1:42).
But you're equating the killing of a man in his sleep, with giving birth to the incarnate Son of God?
Because the way I read it, Mary is more blessed than any other woman that ever walked the earth because she will soon conceive the Son of God. In fact, after conceiving the Son of God, St. Elizabeth tells her the very same thing.
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.
But, tell me. What woman has received a greater blessing than being the Mother of Jesus Christ? I'd really like to know.
Sincerely,
De Maria
Thanks for responding.
PeaceByJesus said...
De Maria: I responded here to your blog version, and mostly in that order.
Pt. 1.
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.
According to the Biblehub which is a Protestant Scripture website, the KJV, the Darby, the Webster and the World English say, blessed art thou among women.
So you added to Scripture by making "among women" to mean uniquely most blessed above women, which was the issue.
She actually was so blessed, not due to manifest supreme virtue but due to being the vessel God chose to incarnate Himself thru, yet i wanted to see where your text was that stated this.
For actually, this statement was not unique, for as said of another salvific instrument, "Blessed above [or among] women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent." (Judges 5:24)
Jael is called blessed among women because she killed a man in his sleep and thus rescued the Israelites. Mary is called blessed amongst women, twice, because she will soon conceive the Son of God (Luke 1:28) and because she had conceived the Son of God (Luke 1:42).
But you're equating the killing of a man in his sleep, with giving birth to the incarnate Son of God?
Because the way I read it, Mary is more blessed than any other woman that ever walked the earth because she will soon conceive the Son of God. In fact, after conceiving the Son of God, St. Elizabeth tells her the very same thing.
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.
But, tell me. What woman has received a greater blessing than being the Mother of Jesus Christ? I'd really like to know.
Sincerely,
De Maria
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