Surely,
from now on all generations will call be happy!
Our English translations, again, generally say “call me blessed,” but the verb in Greek—makariousin
me—is a cognate of markarion, which generally means “Blessed” in the
sense of “fortunate,” “happy” or even “Privileged.” And the reason for her
happiness? The mark of God’s “favor” to her? It is the miracle that
Elizabeth has already discerned, the miracle growing within her womb . . . (Christopher
Bryan, Mary of Nazareth: The Mother of Jesus as Remembered by the Earliest
Christians [New York: Seabury Books, 2024], 70)
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