Luke 1:34
32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,
33 and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”
“How can this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”
35 The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God.
36 Look, even Elizabeth your relative has conceived a son in her old age, and she who was called barren is in her sixth month.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “How can this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”
- KJV
- Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
- WEB
- Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, seeing I am a virgin?”
- ASV
- And Mary said unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
- DARBY
- But Mary said to the angel, How shall this be, since I know not a man?
- BLB
- And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I do not know a man?”
- ÅB
- Men Maria sa til engelen: Hvordan skal dette gå til, da jeg ikke vet av mann?
- OTB
- “Hvorledes skal dette skje,” spurte Maria engelen, “siden jeg er jomfru?”
- B1930
- Men Maria sa til engelen: Hvorledes skal dette gå til, da jeg ikke vet av mann?