Luke 1:29

And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
And	δὲ de	G1161	but · conjunction
saw	ἰδοῦσα idousa	G1492	used only in certain past tenses · verb — second aorist active participle, nominative singular feminine
troubled	διεταράχθη dietarachthē	G1298	to disturb wholly · verb — aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular
at	ἐπὶ epi	G1909	properly · preposition
his	αὐτός autós	G846	the reflexive pronoun self
saying	λόγῳ logō	G3056	something said (including the thought) · noun — dative singular masculine
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
mind	διελογίζετο dielogizeto	G1260	to reckon thoroughly · verb — imperfect middle or passive deponent indicative, 3rd person singular
of	ποταπὸς potapos	G4217	interrogatively · interrogative pronoun — nominative singular masculine
salutation	ἀσπασμὸς aspasmos	G783	a greeting (in person or by letter) · noun — nominative singular masculine
this	οὗτος. houtos	G3778	the he (she or it) · demonstrative pronoun — nominative singular masculine
be	εἴην eíēn	G1498	might (could

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Acts 10:17 Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made e…
Luke 1:12 And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him.
Acts 10:4 And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a mem…
Mark 6:49-50 But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out:
1 Samuel 9:20-21 And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of Israel?…
Mark 16:5-6 And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.
Luke 1:66 And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him…
Luke 2:19 But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 1:26-38

We have here notice given us of all that it was fit we should know concerning the incarnation and conception of our blessed Saviour, six months after the conception of John. The same angel, Gabriel, that was employed in making known to Zacharias God's purpose concerning his son, is employed in this also; for in this, the same glorious work of redemption, which was begun in that, is carried on. As bad angels are none of the redeemed, so good angels are none of the redeemers; yet they are employed by the Redeemer as his messengers, and they go cheerfully on his errands, because they are his Father's humble servants, and his children's hearty friends and well-wishers. I. We have here an account…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 1:28

highly favoured--a word only once used elsewhere (Eph 1:6, "made accepted"): compare Luk 1:30, "Thou hast found favour with God." The mistake of the Vulgate's rendering, "full of grace," has been taken abundant advantage of by the Romish Church. As the mother of our Lord, she was the most "blessed among women" in external distinction; but let them listen to the Lord's own words. "Nay, rather blessed are they that hear the word of God and keep it." (See on Luk 11:27).

Adam Clarke on Luke 1:29

She was troubled at his saying - The glorious appearance of the heavenly messenger filled her with amazement; and she was puzzled to find out the purport of his speech.

John Gill on Luke 1:29

And when she saw him,.... The Persic version renders it, "when Mary saw the angel"; which expresses the true sense of the words, The Vulgate Latin reads, "when she heard"; i.e. the salutation: she was troubled at his saying; at his speaking to her; she was surprised at the sight of him, and more at what he said to her, and cast in her mind, or thought and reasoned within herself, what manner of salutation this should be; for it was not usual with the Jews for a man to use any salutation to a woman; with them it was not lawful to be done in any shape or form; not by a messenger, nor even by her own husband (u); so that Mary might well be thrown into a concern what should be the meaning of…

The Church Fathers

For if Mary had known that such a word had been spoken to any other as well — for she had knowledge of the Law and was holy and had come to know the oracles of the prophets by daily meditation — the greeting would never have terrified her as something strange.
— Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON THE GOSPEL OF LUKE 6

For if Mary had known that similar words had been addressed to others, such a salutation would never have appeared to her so strange and alarming. When the angel saw that she was troubled at this unusual salutation, calling her by her name as if she was well known to him, he tells her she must not fear, as it follows; And the angel said, Fear not, Mary.
— Origen of Alexandria ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

She soon realized that she was receiving within herself the heavenly judge, there in that same place where with lingering gaze she had just seen the harbinger from heaven. It was by a soothing motion and holy affection that God transformed the virgin into a mother for himself and made his handmaid into a parent. Nevertheless her bosom was disturbed, her mind recoiled, and her whole state became one of trembling when God, whom the whole of creation does not contain, placed his whole Self inside her bosom and made himself a man.
— Peter Chrysologus, SERMON 140

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Angel — A word signifying, both in the Hebrew and Greek, a “messenger,” and hence employed to denote any agent God sends forth to execute his purposes. It is used of an ordinary messenger (Job 1:14: 1 Sam.…
John the Baptist — The “forerunner of our Lord.” We have but fragmentary and imperfect accounts of him in the Gospels. He was of priestly descent. His father, Zacharias, was a priest of the course of Abia (1 Chr.…
Elisabeth (Elizabeth) · The wife of Zacharias and the mother of — The wife of Zacharias and the mother of
Gabriel · .Mary — .Mary
Mary · 1. The mother of Jesus — 1. The mother of Jesus
Zacharias (Zechariah) · 2. The father of — 2. The father of

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Luke 1:29

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 1:26-38

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 1:28

Adam Clarke on Luke 1:29

John Gill on Luke 1:29

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Luke 1:29

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 1:26-38

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 1:28

Adam Clarke on Luke 1:29

John Gill on Luke 1:29

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Luke 1:26-33

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Luke 1:27