In a loud voice she exclaimed, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!She called out with a loud voice and said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.and she lifted up her voice with a loud cry, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
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So, if there are any students out here this morning, and I know there are some of you who fit this category, you are taking Latin. And you have perhaps, in a moment of weakness, dared to say to others, when am I ever going to use Latin? Well, only about every day of your life if you're paying attention. But besides that, this morning, this morning, I want you to think about your Latin because I have some Latin for you. Et, et, Maria. You got that, Maria? Magnificat, anima, mea, dominum. All right, it's too many of you to ask a show of hands for a translation, but that's Luke 1, 46. from the fourth century Latin Vulgate, translated by Jerome, which has been one of the most influential Bibles in the history of the church. And Mary said, my spirit magnifies the Lord. It's called the Magnificat because that's the word in Latin. In fact, there are by tradition four songs, or sometimes called canticles, four little songs in Luke's gospel, and they each have a Latin name. So, you can just think Latin students. …
song, not unlike O Holy Night that was inspired by it, a revolutionary song. Mary's song was inspired by the songs of other women in the Hebrew Bible. So we often think that only men wrote the Bible, and that's true. But there are a handful of songs captured that were composed in Scripture that were composed by women. So let me just mention a few of those. Miriam. Now Mary's name in Hebrew was Miriam, and she's named after the sister of Moses. And after the Israelites were delivered through the Red Sea from the Egyptians and from slavery, she composed a song and she began to sing. Then there's Deborah, the judge, and Deborah sings to God after God had used Deborah to deliver the Israelites from their enemies. And then there's Hannah. Now Hannah, and it's Hannah's words that have directly inspired Mary's words. So Hannah is a woman who'd been trying to have a baby. And then God finally said, I'm gonna bless you with a child and this child's gonna be special. …
This census first took place while Quirinius was governor in Syria. Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David. to be registered with Mary, his betrothal wife, who was with child. And so it was that while they were there, the days were completed for her to be delivered. That's it. Yes. Nazareth, Bethlehem, Joseph, Caesar, Judea, these regions, everything about it. Think about the time in which we're in right now and think about how we're looking at ancient scripture. This is not a story, folks. This is the record of eyewitness accounts. what you just read a moment ago is admissible in court you could hold the court hearing and investigate the claims of the bible by the way i encourage you to do that lord bless our time in jesus name and all god's people said amen you may be seated everybody why why why why all this Why Christmas? …