Luke 1:34

And Mary said to the angel, On what manner shall this thing be done, for I know not (a) man? or for I know no man?

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?

In Context

33and he shall reign in the house of Jacob [into] without end, and of his realm shall be none end (or and there shall be no end to his Kingdom).

35And the angel answered, and said to her, The Holy Ghost shall come from above into thee, and the virtue of the Highest shall overshadow thee, (or The Holy Spirit shall come from above upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee); and therefore that holy thing that shall be born of thee, shall be called the Son of God.

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Cross References

Judges 13:8Therefore Manoah prayed the Lord, and said, Lord, I beseech, that the man of God, whom thou sentest, come again, and teach us, what we ought to do of the child, that shall be born, (or what we ought to do with the child, who shall be born to us).

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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