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Luke 1:37 KJV
Luke · chapter 1 · verse 37
For with God nothing shall be impossible.Luke 1:37 · King James Version
What Luke 1:37 means
Gabriel says this to a young girl who has just asked how any of it could happen. It isn't a general slogan about possibility. He had pointed at Elisabeth, old and expecting, as the evidence. The promise is tied to a specific God doing the specific thing he said he would do.
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Luke 1:37 in context
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.
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.
37For with God nothing shall be impossible.
38And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.
39And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;
Commentary
Cross references
- Matthew 19:26
- Jeremiah 32:27
- Mark 10:27
- Jeremiah 32:17
- Luke 18:27
- Genesis 18:14
- Numbers 11:23
- Philippians 3:21
Key words (Strong's)
- nothingouno, not in direct questions expecting an affirmative answerG3756 →
- nothingpasindividually, each, every, any, all, the whole, everyone, all things, everything…G3956 →
- nothingrhēmathat which is or has been uttered by the living voice, thing spoken, word, any sound…G4487 →
- Godtheosa god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities, the Godhead, trinity, God the…G2316 →
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We have here notice given us of all that it was fit we should know concerning the incarnation and conception of our blessed Saviour, six months after the conception of John. The same angel, Gabriel, that was employed in making known to Zacharias God's purpose concerning his son, is employed in this also;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 26-38