Luke 1:32
He will become great. He will be called { People will call him} ◄the Son of God/the man who is also God►. God, the Lord, will make him a king [MTY] as his ancestor King David was.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
31You will become pregnant and bear a son, and you must name him Jesus.
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:16Your descendants will rule the kingdom of Israel forever. Their rule will never end. [DOU]’”
Isaiah 9:6Another reason that we will rejoice is that a special child will be born for us; a woman will give birth to a son, who will be our ruler. And his names will be ‘Wonderful Counselor’, ‘Mighty/Powerful God’, ‘ Our Everlasting Father’, and ‘Prince/Ruler who enables us to have Peace’.
Jeremiah 23:5Yahweh also says, “Some day I will appoint for you a righteous man who will be a descendant of King David. He will be a king who rules wisely. He will do what is just and right throughout the land.
Ezekiel 17:22This is also what Yahweh the Lord says: “ It will be as though I will take a shoot from the top of a very tall cedar tree and plant it [DOU] in another place. I will plant it on a very high [DOU] mountain.
Ezekiel 37:24Someone who will be like [MET] King David who served me well will be the king of your descendants, and it will be as though [MET] he will be their shepherd. They will carefully obey all my laws [DOU].
Matthew 1:1This is the record of the ancestors of Jesus the Messiah, the descendant of King David and of Abraham, from whom all we Jews have descended.
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 →