Luke 1:31–33
Gabriel tells Mary her son will receive David's throne and reign forever
Study it word by word31And look, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you will call his name Jesus.
32He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,
33and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”
In its context
29But she was greatly troubled at the word, and was wondering what kind of greeting this might be.
30And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
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34And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I do not know a man?”
35And the angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore also the holy one to be born will be called Son of God.
Its words in the original
- συλλήμψῃsyllēmpsēi· arrest, conceive
Seize, arrest; also conceive.
- γαστρὶgastri· womb, belly
Belly, womb. To "have in the womb" is to be pregnant.
- τέξῃtexēi· give birth
Give birth.
- υἱόνhuion· son, Son
Son. Also descendant: "son of David" means one of King David's family, and is a title of the promised Messiah.
- καλέσειςkaleseis· call
Call; name; invite.
- ὄνομαonoma· name
Name. In the Bible, a name stands for the person himself.
- ἸησοῦνIēsoun· Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
- ἔσταιestai· be
Be, exist.
- μέγαςmegas· great
Great, large.
- ὙψίστουHypsistou· highest
Most High. "In the highest" means in heaven, where God is.
- δώσειdōsei· give
Give.
- κύριοςkyrios· Lord, lord
Lord, master, owner. Said of God, the Lord; in Old Testament quotations it stands for the name YHWH.
- θεὸςtheos· God, god
God. In the plural or in another sense, "gods".
- θρόνονthronon· throne
Throne: the seat of a king or a judge; hence royal power.
- ΔαυὶδDauid· David
David, the king of Israel from whose line God promised a king forever (2 Samuel 7:12-16).
- πατρὸςpatros· father, Father
Father; also ancestor.
- βασιλεύσειbasileusei· reign, be king
Reign, be king, rule; also begin to reign.
- οἶκονoikon· house
House; also household, family.
- ἸακὼβIakōb· Jacob
Jacob, son of Isaac, also called Israel; father of the twelve tribes.
- αἰῶναςaiōnas· age
Age: a long period of the world's time; "forever", literally "into the ages".
- βασιλείαςbasileias· kingdom
Kingdom: the reign of a king and the place where he reigns. "The kingdom of heaven" is the reign of God.
- τέλοςtelos· end
End, completion; "to the end", fully. Also tax.