Luke 1:35
The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God.
Berean Standard Bible
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In Context
34“How can this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”
Cross References
Job 14:4Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!
Job 25:4How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?
Psalms 51:5Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.
Matthew 1:20But after he had pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to embrace Mary as your wife, for the One conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 14:33Then those who were in the boat worshiped Him, saying, “Truly You are the Son of God!”
Matthew 27:54When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified and said, “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 →