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LUKE 1:32 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Luke 1:31Luke 1:33
“He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:”
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David — great echoes John's greatness (verse 15) but without the limiting qualification in the sight of the Lord — Jesus' greatness is absolute. Called the Son of the Most High is the title applied to John's son-of-God status but with different content: this is the divine sonship of Psalm 2:7. The throne of his father David is the Davidic covenant promise of 2 Samuel 7:12–16 — the eternal kingdom of the Davidic heir.

Church Fathers on Luke 1:32

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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