Luke 1:27-35

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²⁷to a virgin ^[a]betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, a descendant of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. ²⁸And coming to her, the angel said, “Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you.” ²⁹But she was greatly perplexed at what he said, and kept carefully considering what kind of greeting this was. ³⁰The angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. ³¹Listen carefully: you will conceive in your womb and give birth to a son, and you shall name Him Jesus. ³²He will be great and eminent and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David; ³³and He will reign over the house of Jacob (Israel) forever, and of His kingdom there shall be no end.”^(A) ³⁴Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin and have no intimacy with any man?” ³⁵Then the angel replied to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you [like a cloud]; for that reason the holy (pure, sinless) Child shall be called the Son of God.^(B)

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Footnotes

Luke 1:27 The first stage of marriage (called shiddukin in Hebrew) in Jewish tradition and law, usually lasting for a year before the wedding night; unlike an engagement, it was legally binding and required a divorce to nullify it. The woman remained with her parents during the betrothal year and was referred to as a “wife” even though the marriage was not consummated during this period of time.