Luke 1:38
New International Version
“I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.” Then the angel left her.

New Living Translation
Mary responded, “I am the Lord’s servant. May everything you have said about me come true.” And then the angel left her.

English Standard Version
And Mary said, “Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.

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

Berean Literal Bible
And Mary said, "Behold, the Lord's handmaid. May it happen to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her.

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

New King James Version
Then Mary said, “Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.

New American Standard Bible
And Mary said, “Behold, the Lord’s bond-servant; may it be done to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.

NASB 1995
And Mary said, “Behold, the bondslave of the Lord; may it be done to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.

NASB 1977
And Mary said, “Behold, the bondslave of the Lord; be it done to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.

Legacy Standard Bible
And Mary said, “Behold, the slave of the Lord; may it be done to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.

Amplified Bible
Then Mary said, “Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; may it be done to me according to your word.” And the angel left her.

Christian Standard Bible
“See, I am the Lord’s servant,” said Mary. “May it happen to me as you have said.” Then the angel left her.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I am the Lord’s slave,” said Mary. “May it be done to me according to your word.” Then the angel left her.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Maryam said, “Behold, I am the handmaid of THE LORD JEHOVAH; let it be done to me according to your word”, and the Angel departed from her.

Contemporary English Version
Mary said, "I am the Lord's servant! Let it happen as you have said." And the angel left her.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Mary said: Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it done to me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Mary answered, "I am the Lord's servant. Let everything you've said happen to me." Then the angel left her.

Good News Translation
"I am the Lord's servant," said Mary; "may it happen to me as you have said." And the angel left her.

International Standard Version
Then Mary said, "Truly I am the Lord's servant. Let everything you have said happen to me." Then the angel left her.

Literal Standard Version
And Mary said, “Behold, the maidservant of the LORD; let it be to me according to your saying,” and the messenger went away from her.

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

New American Bible
Mary said, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her.

NET Bible
So Mary said, "Yes, I am a servant of the Lord; let this happen to me according to your word." Then the angel departed from her.

New Revised Standard Version
Then Mary said, “Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her.

New Heart English Bible
And Mary said, "See, the handmaid of the Lord; be it to me according to your word." The angel departed from her.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord, be it to me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

Weymouth New Testament
"I am the Lord's maidservant," Mary replied; "may it be with me in accordance with your words!" And then the angel left her.

World English Bible
Mary said, “Behold, the servant of the Lord; let it be done to me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her.

Young's Literal Translation
And Mary said, 'Lo, the maid-servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to thy saying,' and the messenger went away from her.

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Context
Gabriel Foretells Jesus' Birth
37For 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. 39In those days Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah,…

Cross References
Luke 1:37
For no word from God will ever fail."

Luke 1:39
In those days Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah,

Luke 1:48
For He has looked with favor on the humble state of His servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed.

Galatians 4:22
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.


Treasury of Scripture

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

Behold.

2 Samuel 7:25-29
And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said…

Psalm 116:16
O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.

Romans 4:20,21
He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; …

be.

Psalm 119:38
Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.

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Luke 1
1. The preface of Luke to his whole gospel.
5. The conception of John the Baptist;
26. and of Jesus.
39. The prophecy of Elisabeth and of Mary, concerning Jesus.
57. The nativity and circumcision of John.
67. The prophecy of Zachariah, both of Jesus,
76. and of John.














(38) Behold the handmaid of the Lord . . .--The words seem to show a kind of half-consciousness that the lot which she thus accepts might bring with it unknown sufferings, as well as untold blessedness. She shrinks, as it were, from the awfulness of the position thus assigned to her, but she can say, as her Son said afterwards, when His time of agony was come, "Not my will, but Thine be done." It may be that the more immediate peril of which St. Matthew speaks (1:19). flashed even then upon her soul as one that could not be escaped. (Comp. Luke 2:35.)

Verse 38. - Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. "God's message," writes Godet, "by the mouth of the angel was not a command. The part Mary had to fulfill made no demands on her. It only remained, therefore, for Mary to consent to the consequences of the Divine offer. She gives this consent in a word at once simple and sublime, which involved the most extraordinary act of faith that a woman ever consented to accomplish. Mary accepts the sacrifice of that which is dearer to a young maiden than her very life, and thereby becomes pre-eminently the heroine of Israel, the ideal daughter of Zion." Nor was the immediate trouble and sorrow which she foresaw would soon compass her round by any means the whole burden which submission to the angel's message would bring upon the shrinking Nazareth maiden. The lot proposed to her would bring probably in its wake unknown sufferings as well as untold blessedness. We may with all reverence think Mary already feeling the first piercings in her heart of that sharp sword which was one day to wound so deeply the mother of sorrows; yet in spite of all this, in full view of the present woe, which submission to the Divine will would forthwith bring upon her, with an unknown future of sorrow in the background, Mary submitted herself of her own free will to what she felt was the will and wish of her God.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
“[I am]
Ἰδοὺ (Idou)
Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 2400: See! Lo! Behold! Look! Second person singular imperative middle voice of eido; used as imperative lo!

the
(hē)
Article - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Lord’s
Κυρίου (Kyriou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.

servant,”
δούλη (doulē)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1399: A female slave, bonds-maid. Feminine of doulos; a female slave.

Mary
Μαριάμ (Mariam)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3137: Or Mariam of Hebrew origin; Maria or Mariam, the name of six Christian females.

answered.
Εἶπεν (Eipen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

“May it happen
γένοιτό (genoito)
Verb - Aorist Optative Middle - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1096: A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.

to me
μοι (moi)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

according to
κατὰ (kata)
Preposition
Strong's 2596: A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined).

your
σου (sou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

word.”
ῥῆμά (rhēma)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 4487: From rheo; an utterance, ; by implication, a matter or topic; with a negative naught whatever.

Then
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

the
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

angel
ἄγγελος (angelos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 32: From aggello; a messenger; especially an 'angel'; by implication, a pastor.

left
ἀπῆλθεν (apēlthen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 565: From apo and erchomai; to go off, aside or behind, literally or figuratively.

her.
αὐτῆς (autēs)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Feminine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.


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