Luke 1:26-38
Gabriel's announcement to Mary gathers the promises into one: a virgin conceives (Isa. 7:14), the child is called Son of the Highest, and God gives Him 'the throne of his father David' to reign forever (2 Sam. 7) — spoken before His birth as predictive prophecy.
Read the whole passage — all 13 verses (KJV)
1:26And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
1:27To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary.
1:28And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.
1:29And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.
1:30And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.
1:31And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
1:32He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
1:33And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
1:34Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
1:35And 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.
1:36And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.
1:37For with God nothing shall be impossible.
1:38And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.
Fulfillment References
Isaiah 7:14 2 Samuel 7:13-14 Matthew 1:18-25 Luke 2:7
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Scholarship & Sources
Darrell Bock (Luke, BECNT) and Raymond Brown (The Birth of the Messiah) treat Luke 1:32-33 as a composite of 2 Samuel 7:9-16 motifs; N. J. Wilson (Apostolic Pentecostal Theology) develops Luke 1:35's identification of the Holy Ghost as the Father of the child.
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