Luke 1:35
And the angel answering, said to her: The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the most High shall overshadow thee. And therefore also the Holy which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
34And Mary said to the angel: How shall this be done, because I know not man?
Cross References
Job 14:4Who can make him clean that is conceived of unclean seed ? is it not thou who only art?
Job 25:4Can man be justified compared with God, or he that is born of a woman appear clean?
Psalms 51:5For I know my iniquity, and my sin is always before me.
Matthew 1:20But while he thought on these things, behold the angel of the Lord appeared to him in his sleep, saying: Joseph, son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife, for that which is conceived in her, is of the Holy Ghost.
Matthew 14:33And they that were in the boat came and adored him, saying: Indeed thou art the Son of God.
Matthew 27:54Now the centurion and they that were with him watching Jesus, having seen the earthquake, and the things that were done, were sore afraid, saying: Indeed 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 →