“(non occ.) For by Israel she means not Israel after the flesh, whom their own title made noble, but the spiritual Israel, which retained the name of faith, straining their eyes to see God by faith.”
Basil of Caesarea, 4th c. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
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55As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
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53He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
54He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;
— Luke 1:55 —
56And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own house.
57Now Elisabeth’s full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.