Luke 1:32
he shall be great, and Son of the Highest he shall be called, and the Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
31and lo, thou shalt conceive in the womb, and shalt bring forth a son, and call his name Jesus;
33and he shall reign over the house of Jacob to the ages; and of his reign there shall be no end.'
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:16and stedfast [is] thy house and thy kingdom unto the age before thee, thy throne is established unto the age.'
Isaiah 9:6For a Child hath been born to us, A Son hath been given to us, And the princely power is on his shoulder, And He doth call his name Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace.
Jeremiah 23:5Lo, days are coming — an affirmation of Jehovah, And I have raised to David a righteous shoot, And a king hath reigned and acted wisely, And done judgment and righteousness in the earth.
Ezekiel 17:22Thus said the Lord Jehovah: I have taken of the foliage of the high cedar, And I have set [it], From the top of its tender shoots a tender one I crop, And I — I have planted [it] on a mountain high and lofty.
Ezekiel 37:24And My servant David [is] king over them, And one shepherd have they all, And in My judgments they go, And My statutes they keep, and have done them.
Matthew 1:1A roll of the birth of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham.
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 →