Luke 1:29
She was greatly agitated at his words, and wondered what such a greeting meant.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
28So Gabriel went into the house and said to her, "Joy be to you, favoured one! the Lord is with you."
30But the angel said, "Do not be frightened, Mary, for you have found favour with God.
Cross References
Mark 16:5Upon entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting at their right hand, clothed in a long white robe. They were astonished and terrified.
Luke 1:66All who heard the story treasured it in their memories. "What then will this child be?" they said. For the Lord's hand was indeed with him.
Luke 2:51Then He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was always obedient to them; but His mother carefully treasured up all these incidents in her memory.
Acts 10:17While Peter was greatly perplexed as to the meaning of the vision which he had seen, just then the men sent by Cornelius, having by inquiry found out Simon's house,
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 →