“And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,”
In the sixth month of Elizabeth's pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee — the sixth month of Elizabeth's pregnancy marks the chronological connection between the two annunciations: John is already in existence when the announcement to Mary is made. God sent the angel Gabriel: the same messenger as in verses 19–20, now sent on a second and even greater mission. Nazareth, a town in Galilee: the ordinary, peripheral, non-prestigious location is Luke's consistent placement of divine action — the kingdom arrives at the margins.
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