Luke 1:35
And the angel answering said to her, [The] Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and power of [the] Highest overshadow thee, wherefore the holy thing also which shall be born shall be called Son of God.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
34But Mary said to the angel, How shall this be, since I know not a man?
Cross References
Job 14:4Who can bring a clean [man] out of the unclean? Not one!
Job 25:4And how should man be just with God? Or how should he be clean that is born of a woman?
Psalms 51:5Behold, in iniquity was I brought forth, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Matthew 1:20but while he pondered on these things, behold, an angel of [the] Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, fear not to take to [thee] Mary, thy wife, for that which is begotten in her is of [the] Holy Spirit.
Matthew 14:33But those in the ship came and did homage to him, saying, Truly thou art God's Son.
Matthew 27:54But the centurion, and they who were with him on guard over Jesus, seeing the earthquake and the things that took place, feared greatly, saying, Truly this [man] was 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 →