Luke 1:30
Gabriel said, “Don’t be frightened, Mary. God is really happy with you.
Plain English Version
In The King James Version
And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.
In Context
29This worried Mary. She thought, “What’s he talking about?”
31Listen. You will soon have a baby boy, and you will call him Jesus.
Cross References
Matthew 28:5Then the angel said to the women, “Don’t be frightened. I know that you are looking for Jesus, the man they killed on a cross.
Acts 27:24and he said, ‘Paul, don’t be frightened. You have to go and stand in front of Caesar, the big boss in Rome. And God will be good to all the other men that are with you on this ship too. None of them will die.’
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 →