Luke 1:53 (DBY)

Passage

He has filled the hungry with good things, and sent away the rich empty.

Nearby Context

Luke 1:51 He has wrought strength with his arm; he has scattered haughty [ones] in the thought of their heart.

Luke 1:52 He has put down rulers from thrones, and exalted the lowly.

Luke 1:53 He has filled the hungry with good things, and sent away the rich empty.

Luke 1:54 He has helped Israel his servant, in order to remember mercy,

Luke 1:55 (as he spoke to our fathers,) to Abraham and to his seed for ever.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "filled", "hungry", "good", "things", "sent", "away", "rich", and "empty". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "filled" and "hungry", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 52's "He has put down rulers from thrones..." into verse 54's "He has helped Israel his servant in...", so "filled" and "hungry" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "filled" and "hungry" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.