See Barnes on Luke 1:35.

No material from Barnes on this particular verse.

How shall this be?—The question of the Virgin is not altogether of the same nature as that of Zacharias in Luke 1:18. He …

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…

St. Ambrose of Milan: It was Mary’s role neither to refuse belief in the angel nor to accept the divine message too hastily.…

Unlike Zechariah, Mary does not ask for a confirmatory sign (cf. comment on v.18) but only for light on how God will accomplish this wonder. Her qu…

How shall this be? The holy virgin appears to confine the power of God within as narrow limits as Zacharias had formerly done; for what is…

Then said Mary to the angel, how shall this be
This she said not as doubting the truth of what was said; for she req…

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…