Luke 1:35
And having answered, the agent said to her, Holy Spirit will come upon thee, and the power of the Most High will overshadow thee. Therefore also the holy thing that is begotten will be called the Son of God.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
34And Mary said to the agent, How will this be, since I know not a man?
Cross References
Job 14:4Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one.
Job 25:4How then can man be just with God? Or how can he be clean who is born of a woman?
Psalms 51:5Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me.
Matthew 1:20But while he considered these things, behold, an agent of Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take Mary to be thy wife, for that which was begotten in her is from Holy Spirit.
Matthew 14:33And those who came in the boat worshiped him, saying, Thou really are the Son of God.
Matthew 27:54Now the centurion, and those with him watching over Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and the things that happened, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.
Matthew Henry on Luke 1:27-39
The Birth of Christ Foretold. 26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, 27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. 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. 29 And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be. 30 And the angel said… Read the whole commentary →