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Luke 1:32 — King James Version← Study notes

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:


Luke 1:32Greek Interlinear

Greek · Luke 1:3219 words
GreekMeaning
οὗτοςhoutos
HedemonstrativeG3778
ἔσταιestai
will beverbG1510
μέγαςmegas
greatadjectiveG3173
καὶkai
andwordG2532
υἱὸςhyios
SonnounG5207
ὙψίστουHypsistou
of the Most HighadjectiveG5310
κληθήσεταιklēthēsetai
He will be calledverbG2564
καὶkai
andwordG2532
δώσειdōsei
will giveverbG1325
αὐτῷautō
to HimpronounG846
κύριοςkyrios
the LordnounG2962
ho
thearticleG3588
θεὸςtheos
GodnounG2316
τὸνton
thearticleG3588
θρόνονthronon
thronenounG2362
ΔαυὶδDauid
of DavidnounG1138
τοῦtou
of thearticleG3588
πατρὸςpatros
fathernounG3962
αὐτοῦautou
of HimpronounG846
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

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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