Luke 1:38

And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
And	δὲ de	G1161	but · conjunction
Mary	Μαριάμ· Mariam	G3137	Maria or Mariam (i.e. Mirjam) · noun — nominative singular feminine, a proper name
said	Εἶπεν Eipen	G2036	to speak or say (by word or writing) · verb — second aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular
Behold	ἰδοὺ idou	G2400	used as imperative lo! · interjection
handmaid	δούλη doúlē	G1399	a female slave (involuntarily or voluntarily)
Lord	κυρίου· kuriou	G2962	supreme in authority · noun — genitive singular masculine, a title
it	γένοιτό genoito	G1096	to cause to be ("gen"-erate) · verb — second aorist middle deponent optative, 3rd person singular
me	μοί moí	G3427	to me
to	κατὰ kata	G2596	(prepositionally) down (in place or time) · preposition
thy	σοῦ soû	G4675	of thee
word	ῥῆμά rhēma	G4487	an utterance (individually · noun — accusative singular neuter
And	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
angel	ἄγγελος.¶ angelos	G32	compare G34 (ἀγέλη)) (to bring tidings) · noun — nominative singular masculine
departed	ἀπῆλθεν apēlthen	G565	to go off (i.e. depart) · verb — second aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular
from	ἀπ᾽ ap᾽	G575	"off · preposition
her	αὐτῆς autēs	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — genitive singular feminine

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

Romans 4:20-21 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
Psalms 119:38 Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.
Psalms 116:16 O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.
2 Samuel 7:25-29 And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou…

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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 1:38

Marvellous faith in such circumstances!

Adam Clarke on Luke 1:38

Behold the handmaid of the Lord - I fully credit what thou sayest, and am perfectly ready to obey thy commands, and to accomplish all the purposes of thy grace concerning me. It appears that at the instant of this act of faith, and purposed obedience, the conception of the immaculate humanity of Jesus took place; and it was Done unto her according to his word. See Luk 1:35.

John Gill on Luke 1:38

And Mary said, behold the handmaid of the Lord,.... In which words she expresses her obedience of faith; she owns herself to be the handmaid of the Lord, and desires to obey him, and be submissive to him as such; and tacitly acknowledges her meanness, and great unworthiness: be it unto me according to thy word; she assented to what the angel said should be unto her; she earnestly desired it might be, and firmly believed it would be; she set her "Amen" to the angel's message: and the angel departed from her; to the heavenly regions from whence he came; to his great Lord and master, that sent him; having dispatched the business he came about, and which he was accountable to him for.

John Calvin

The Church Fathers

(vel Geometer.) Not only having obtained what he wished, but wondering at her virgin beauty, and the ripeness of her virtue.
— Eusebius of Caesarea ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

Having received the consent of the virgin, the angel soon returns heavenward, as it follows, And the angel departed from her.
— Bede ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

Through an ineffable sacrament of a holy conception and a birth inviolable, agreeable to the truth of each nature, the same virgin was both the handmaid and mother of the Lord.
— Gregory the Dialogist ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

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
Mary · 1. The mother of Jesus — 1. The mother of Jesus
Promises Of God, The · Saints: Expect the performance of — Saints: Expect the performance of
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).

Word by word — the Greek

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 1:26-38

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 1:38

Adam Clarke on Luke 1:38

John Gill on Luke 1:38

John Calvin

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 1:26-38

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 1:38

Adam Clarke on Luke 1:38

John Gill on Luke 1:38

John Calvin

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Luke 1:36