Blessed among Women

Lu: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.

Lu:1:41, 42: And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the

salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was

filled with the Holy Ghost. And she spake out with a loud voice, and

said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy

womb.

The addressing of Mary by the angel and the Holy Spirit inspired Elisabeth as ‘Blessed among women’ speaks volumes. We see in the Bible many prominent women like Eve who is ‘mother of all mankind (Geneses 4), we have Sarah through whose children Abraham is blessed, and lastly Mary who is proclaimed as ‘blessed among women’. Not just ‘a blessed woman’, but ‘blessed among women’. Blessed than Eve the mother of all mankind and Sarah the mother of the Jews and the descendants of Abraham. And this blessing because she bore in her the Son of God. This blessedness is one that shall be proclaimed throughout all generations from that time onwards. A  blessedness no other is spoken of in the Bible.