Luke 1
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Luke 1:26-27

26NowG1161 in the sixthG1623 monthG3376 the angelG32 1GabrielG1043 was sentG649 from GodG2316 to a cityG4172 in GalileeG1056 calledG3686 2NazarethG3478,

27to 3a virginG3933 4engagedG3423 to a manG435 whoseG3739 nameG3686 was JosephG2501, 5of the 6descendantsG3624 of DavidG1160; and the virgin’sG3933 nameG3686 was 7MaryG3137.

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Notes

  1. 1. Luke 1:26 Luke 1:19 ↩
  2. 2. Luke 1:26 Matt 2:23 ↩
  3. 3. Luke 1:27 Matt 1:18 ↩
  4. 4. Luke 1:27 Or betrothed; i.e. the first stage of marriage in Jewish culture, usually lasting for a year before the wedding night. More legal than engagement ↩
  5. 5. Luke 1:27 Matt 1:16, 20; Luke 2:4 ↩
  6. 6. Luke 1:27 Lit house ↩
  7. 7. Luke 1:27 Gr Mariam; i.e. Heb Miriam; so throughout Luke ↩

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