Luke 1:36
34 “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.
Look, even Elizabeth your relative has conceived a son in her old age, and she who was called barren is in her sixth month.
37 For no word from God will ever fail.”
38 “I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May it happen to me according to your word.” Then the angel left her.
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
- Look, even Elizabeth your relative has conceived a son in her old age, and she who was called barren is in her sixth month.
- KJV
- And, 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.
- WEB
- Behold, Elizabeth your relative also has conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.
- ASV
- And behold, Elisabeth thy kinswoman, she also hath conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her that was called barren.
- DARBY
- And behold, Elizabeth, thy kinswoman, she also has conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her that was called barren:
- BLB
- And behold, Elizabeth your relative, she also has conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her who [was] called barren.
- ÅB
- Og se, Elisabet, din slektning, har også undfanget en sønn i sin alderdom, og hun, som kaltes ufruktbar, er nå i sin sjette måned.
- OTB
- Også Elisabet, din slektning, skal få en sønn i sin alderdom, og hun som ble sagt å være ufruktbar, er nå i sin sjette måned.
- B1930
- Og se, Elisabet, din slektning, har også undfanget en sønn i sin alderdom, og hun, som kaltes ufruktbar, er nu i sin sjette måned.