25 “This is the way the Lord has dealt with me in the days when He looked with favor upon me, to (A)take away my disgrace among men.”

Jesus’ Birth Foretold

26 Now in the sixth month the angel (B)Gabriel was sent from God to a city in Galilee called (C)Nazareth, 27 to (D)a virgin [a]engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, (E)of the [b]descendants of David; and the virgin’s name was [c]Mary.

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Footnotes

  1. 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
  2. Luke 1:27 Lit house
  3. Luke 1:27 Gr Mariam; i.e. Heb Miriam; so throughout Luke