“To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary.”
To a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin's name was Mary — the double identification: a virgin (parthenos) pledged to be married and a man named Joseph who is a descendant of David. The Davidic lineage is Joseph's, which will be relevant to the legal messianic claim (Matthew 1); Mary's own Davidic descent is not stated here but is implied by the angel's announcement in verse 32. The name Mary (Mariam, the Hebrew Miriam, Moses's sister) connects the annunciation to the Exodus liberation narrative.
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