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LUKE 1:33 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Luke 1:32Luke 1:34
“And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.”
And he will reign over Jacob's descendants forever; his kingdom will never end — the reign over Jacob's descendants forever is the restatement of the eternal Davidic kingdom in terms of Israel's whole family (Jacob/Israel). His kingdom will never end (ouk estai telos, there will not be an end) is the absolute form of the promise — the Davidic kingdom of 2 Samuel 7 that history seemed to terminate in 587 BCE with Babylon's destruction of Jerusalem is now reestablished in a form that cannot be ended.

Church Fathers on Luke 1:33

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
Read all 22 entries in the readerCatena Aurea · St. Thomas Aquinas, tr. J. H. Newman · public domain
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