Luke 1:34 KJV — MannaFest

Luke 1:34

Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?

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ASV

And Mary said unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?

WEB

“How can this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”

YLT

And Mary said unto the messenger, `How shall this be, seeing a husband I do not know?'

DBT

But Mary said to the angel, How shall this be, since I know not a man?

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Luke — Luke's 'orderly account' (1:3) follows Jesus from Bethlehem through the long travel narrative to Jerusalem and the Emmaus road.

Author: Luke, beloved physician (Col 4:14), travel-companion of Paul
Date: c. AD 60–62

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11 verses on the floor

Genesis 15:8
And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
Judges 6:15
And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.
John 3:9
Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
Jeremiah 31:22
How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the Lord hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.
Luke 1:18
And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.

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How, &c.--not the unbelief of Zacharias, "Whereby shall I know this?" but, taking the fact for granted, "How is it to be, so contrary to the unbroken law of human birth?" Instead of reproof, therefore, her question is answered in mysterious detail.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

The interview between Mary the mother of Jesus and Elisabeth the mother of John, when they were both with child of those pregnant births, and the prophecies they both uttered upon that occasion,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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