“And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.”
Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her — the third blessing in the passage (blessed are you, blessed is the child, blessed is she who believed) is specifically for the faith that received the annunciation. Believed (pisteusasa) that the Lord would fulfill his promises: the contrast with Zechariah's unbelief is implicit — Zechariah asked for proof and was silenced; Mary asked about mechanism and was commended for her faith. The fulfillment of promises is the theme of Luke's Gospel: what was promised to Israel is now being fulfilled.
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