25 “Thus the Lord has done for me in the days when he looked on me, (A)to take away my reproach among people.”

Birth of Jesus Foretold

26 In the sixth month the angel (B)Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named (C)Nazareth, 27 (D)to a virgin betrothed[a] to a man whose name was Joseph, (E)of the house of David. And the virgin's name was Mary.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 1:27 That is, legally pledged to be married

25 “This is the way the Lord has dealt with me in the days when He looked with favor upon me, to (A)take away my disgrace among people.”

Jesus’ Birth Foretold

26 Now in the sixth month the angel (B)Gabriel was sent from God to a city in Galilee named (C)Nazareth, 27 to (D)a virgin [a]betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, (E)of the [b]descendants of David; and the virgin’s name was [c]Mary.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 1:27 Unlike engagement, a betrothed couple was considered married, but did not yet live together
  2. Luke 1:27 Lit house
  3. Luke 1:27 Gr Mariam, Heb Miriam; so throughout Luke

25 “The Lord has done this for me,” she said. “In these days he has shown his favor and taken away my disgrace(A) among the people.”

The Birth of Jesus Foretold

26 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel(B) to Nazareth,(C) a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph,(D) a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.

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25 Hashem has done this for me. In these yamim he looked with Chen vChesed (favor and mercy, loving kindness) on me to take away my reproach among Bnei Adam. [BERESHIS 30:23; YESHAYAH 4:1]

26 Now in the chodesh shishi the malach Gavriel was sent from Hashem to a shtetl in the Galil called Natzeret,

27 To a betulah (virgin) given in erusin (betrothal, engagement) to an ish from the Beis Dovid named Yosef [ben Dovid], and the shem of the almah was Miryam.

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