Luke 1:35
And the messenger answering said to her, 'The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee, therefore also the holy-begotten thing shall be called Son of God;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
34And Mary said unto the messenger, 'How shall this be, seeing a husband I do not know?'
Cross References
Job 14:4Who giveth a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
Job 25:4And what? is man righteous with God? And what? is he pure — born of a woman?
Psalms 51:5Lo, in iniquity I have been brought forth, And in sin doth my mother conceive me.
Matthew 1:20And on his thinking of these things, lo, a messenger of the Lord in a dream appeared to him, saying, 'Joseph, son of David, thou mayest not fear to receive Mary thy wife, for that which in her was begotten [is] of the Holy Spirit,
Matthew 14:33and those in the boat having come, did bow to him, saying, 'Truly — God's Son art thou.'
Matthew 27:54And the centurion, and those with him watching Jesus, having seen the earthquake, and the things that were done, were exceedingly afraid, saying, 'Truly this was God's Son.'
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 →