Favour (χαριν). Grace. Same root as χαιρω (rejoice) and χαριτοω in verse 28. To find favour is a common O.T. phrase. Χαρις is a ve…

Fear not, Mary. Do not be alarmed at this appearance of an angel. He only comes to announce to you good tidings. Similar language was addr…

You have found favour with God.—The noun is the same as that elsewhere translated “grace,” but the latter word, though fi…

And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was…

When the angel saw that Mary was troubled by this unusual greeting, in which he called her by name as if he knew her well, he told her not to be af…

Zechariah had been “gripped with fear” (v.12) at the very appearance of the angel, but it was the angel’s greeting that “greatly troubled” Mary. He…

Fear not, Mary. He bids her lay aside fear.

And the angel said to her ,
&c] Observing the consternation and confusion she was in;

We have here an account of the mother of our Lord. Although we are not to pray to her, we ought to praise God for her. Christ had to be born miracu…