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LUKE 1:30 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Luke 1:29Luke 1:31
“And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.”
But the angel said to her: do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God — the do not be afraid to Mary echoes the same reassurance to Zechariah (verse 13). You have found favor with God: the favor is not Mary's achievement but God's gracious initiative — she has found favor (heurēs charin) as Noah found favor (Genesis 6:8) and as Moses found favor. The favor is the ground for the announcement that follows, not a reward for virtue already demonstrated.

Church Fathers on Luke 1:30

As if he said, I came not to deceive you, nay rather to bring down deliverance from deception; I came not to rob you of your inviolable virginity, but to open a dwelling-place for the Author and Guardian of your purity, I am not a servant of the Devil but the ambassador of Him that destroys the Devil. I am come to form a marriage treaty, not to devise plots. So far then was he from allowing her to be harassed by distracting thoughts, lest he should be counted a servant…

GREEK EX ·

But he who earns favor in the sight of God has nothing to fear. Hence it follows, For you have found favor before God. But how shall any one find it, except through the means of his humility. For God gives grace to the humble.

Chrysostom · 4th century

But all are not as Mary, that when they conceive the word of the Holy Spirit, they bring forth; for some put forth the word prematurely, others have Christ in the womb, but not yet formed.

Ambrose · 4th century
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