Luke 1:30

And the angel said to her, Dread thou not, Mary, (or Fear not, Mary), for thou hast found grace with God.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.

In Context

29And when she had heard (this), she was troubled in his word (or she was troubled by his words), and thought what manner salutation this was.

31Lo! thou shalt conceive in [the] womb, and shalt bear a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus.

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Cross References

Isaiah 41:14Do not thou, worm of Jacob, dread, ye that be (the) dead of Israel. I helped thee, saith the Lord, and thine again-buyer, the Holy of Israel. (Do not thou fear, O worm of Jacob, and ye louse of Israel. I shall help thee, saith the Lord, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.)

Isaiah 44:2The Lord making and forgiving thee, thine helper from the womb, saith these things, My servant, Jacob, do not thou dread, and thou most rightful, whom I chose. (The Lord who made thee and formed thee, thy helper from the womb, saith these things, My servant Jacob, do not thou fear, and thou Jeshurun, whom I chose.)

Matthew 28:5But the angel answered, and said to the women, Do not ye dread (or Do not fear), for I know that ye seek Jesus, that was crucified;

Luke 12:32Do not ye, little flock, dread, for it pleased to your Father to give you a kingdom. (Do not, little flock, have fear, for it pleased your Father to give you the Kingdom.)

Acts 27:24and said, Paul, dread thou not (or fear not); it behooveth thee to stand before the emperor [or it behooveth thee to stand nigh to Caesar]. And lo! God hath given to thee all that be in the ship with thee.

Hebrews 13:6so that we say trustily, The Lord is an helper to me; I shall not dread what a man shall do to me (or I shall not fear what anyone shall do to me).

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 →

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