New English Translation
Luke 1:35
35The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will be called the Son of God.
Luke 1:35 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
- New International Version (NIV)The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And the angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And the angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God.
Context of Luke 1:35
33He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and his kingdom will never end.” 34Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I have not had sexual relations with a man?” The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will be called the Son of God. 36“And look, your relative Elizabeth has also become pregnant with a son in her old age – although she was called barren, she is now in her sixth month! 37For nothing will be impossible with God.”
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Καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ ἄγγελος εἶπεν αὐτῇ· πνεῦμα ἅγιον ἐπελεύσεται ἐπὶ σὲ καὶ δύναμις ὑψίστου ἐπισκιάσει σοι· διὸ καὶ τὸ γεννώμενον ἅγιον κληθήσεται υἱὸς θεοῦ.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Andκαίkai · andG2532
- the angelὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- the angelἄγγελοςaggelos · angelG32
- answeredἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
- and saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- unto herαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- The Holyἅγιοςhagios · holyG40
- Ghostπνεῦμαpneuma · spirit/breath: spiritG4151
- shall comeἐπέρχομαιeperchomai · to arrive/invadeG1904
- uponἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
- theeσύsu · youG4771
- the powerδύναμιςdunamis · powerG1411
- of the Highestὕψιστοςhupsistos · HighestG5310
- shall overshadowἐπισκιάζωepiskiazō · to overshadowG1982
- thereforeδιόdio · thereforeG1352
- thatγεννάωgennaō · to begetG1080
- ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
- shall be calledκαλέωkaleō · to call: callG2564
- the Sonυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
- of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
Cross-references for Luke 1:35
- Luke 1:27to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, a descendant of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary.
- Matthew 1:20When he had contemplated this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
- Job 14:4Who can make a clean thing come from an unclean? No one!
- Job 15:16how much less man, who is abominable and corrupt, who drinks in evil like water!
- Job 25:4How then can a human being be righteous before God? How can one born of a woman be pure?
- Psalms 51:5Look, I was guilty of sin from birth, a sinner the moment my mother conceived me.
- Ephesians 2:3among whom all of us also formerly lived out our lives in the cravings of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath even as the rest…
- Hebrews 4:15For we do not have a high priest incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way just as we are, yet without sin.
- Hebrews 7:26For it is indeed fitting for us to have such a high priest: holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
- Luke 1:32He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.
- Psalms 2:7The king says, “I will announce the Lord’s decree. He said to me: ‘You are my son! This very day I have become your father!
- Matthew 14:33Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.”
- Matthew 26:63But Jesus was silent. The high priest said to him, “I charge you under oath by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.”
- Matthew 27:54Now when the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and what took place, they were extremely terrified and said, “Truly this one was God’s Son!”
- Mark 1:1The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
- John 1:34I have both seen and testified that this man is the Chosen One of God.”
Commentaries on Luke 1:35
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 35The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee - This conception shall take place suddenly, and the Holy Spirit himself shall be the grand operator. The power, , the miracle-working power, of the Most High shall overshadow thee, to accomplish this purpose, and to protect thee from danger. As there is a plain allusion to the Spirit of God brooding over the face of the waters, to render them prolific, Genesis 1:2, I am the more firmly established in the opinion…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 35The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee - See Matthew 1:20. The power of the Highest - This evidently means that the body of Jesus would be created by the direct power of God. It was not by ordinary generation; but, as the Messiah came to redeem sinners - to make atonement for “others,” and not for himself it was necessary that his human nature should be pure, and free from the corruption of the fall. God therefore prepared him a body by direct creation…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 26-38Verses 26-38 We have here an account of the mother of our Lord; though we are not to pray to her, yet we ought to praise God for her. Christ must be born miraculously. The angel's address means only, Hail, thou that art the especially chosen and favoured of the Most High, to attain the honour Jewish mothers have so long desired. This wondrous salutation and appearance troubled Mary. The angel then assured her that she had found favour with God, and would…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 35The Holy Spirit will come upon you: The conception of Jesus (how he began to grow in Mary’s womb) was a miracle, by the power of the Most High (a title for God). The text does not explain how this happened.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3535. Holy Ghost--(See on Mt 1:18). power of the highest--the immediate energy of the Godhead conveyed by the Holy Ghost. overshadow--a word suggesting how gentle, while yet efficacious, would be this Power [Bengel]; and its mysterious secrecy, withdrawn, as if by a cloud, from human scrutiny [Calvin]. that holy thing born of thee--that holy Offspring of thine. therefore ... Son of God--That Christ is the Son of God in His divine and eternal nature is clear…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Luke 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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