Luke 1:38 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 1:38

“I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May it happen to me according to your word.” Then the angel left her.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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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Commentary

1 voice

Ambrose of Milan

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (397)

Behold now the humility, the devotion of the virgin. For it follows, But Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord. She calls herself His handmaid, who is chosen to be His mother, so far was she from being exalted by the sudden promise. At the same time also by calling herself handmaid, she claimed to herself in no other way the prerogative of such great grace than that she might do what was commanded her. For about to bring forth One meek and lowly, she was bound herself to show forth lowliness.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord - It is not improbable, that this time of the virgin's humble faith, consent, and expectation, might be the very time of her conceiving.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Εἶπεν	Eipen	Said	G2036 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
Μαριάμ·	Mariam	Mary;	G3137 →
ἰδοὺ	idou	Behold	G2400 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
δούλη	doulē	handmaid	G1401 →
κυρίου·	kuriou	of [the] Lord;	G2962 →
γένοιτό	genoito	Would [that] it happen	G1096 →
μοι	moi	to me	G3165 →
κατὰ	kata	according to	G2596 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
ῥῆμά	rhēma	declaration	G4487 →
σου.	sou	of you.	G4771 →
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἀπῆλθεν	apēlthen	departed	G565 →
ἀπ᾽	ap᾽	from	G575 →
αὐτῆς	autēs	her	G846 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
ἄγγελος.¶	angelos	angel.	G32 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 116:16
Truly, O LORD, I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant; You have broken my bonds.
leads to
- Psalms 86:16
  Turn to me and have mercy; grant Your strength to Your servant; save the son of Your maidservant.
- Psalms 143:12
  And in Your loving devotion, cut off my enemies. Destroy all who afflict me, for I am Your servant.
- Psalms 119:125
  I am Your servant; give me understanding, that I may know Your testimonies.
Through
Psalms 119:38
Establish Your word to Your servant, to produce reverence for You.
leads to
- Jeremiah 32:39–41
  I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.
- Psalms 147:11
  The LORD is pleased with those who fear Him, who hope in His loving devotion.
- 2 Corinthians 1:20
  For all the promises of God are “Yes” in Christ. And so through Him, our “Amen” is spoken to the glory of God.
- Psalms 103:17
  But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children—
- Psalms 103:11
  For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His loving devotion for those who fear Him.

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