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Having come in to her, the angel said, "Rejoice, you highly favored one! The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women!"
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A Recipient of Grace
Commentators emphasize that "highly favored" means Mary was a recipient of God's undeserved grace, not a source of it. Several scholars connect the Greek term to Ephesians 1:6, where Paul says God has "made us accepted in the Beloved." Her unique favor was being chosen as the mother of the Messiah, a blessing bestowed upon her by God.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Hail. This word of salutation is equivalent to Peace be with thee, or Joy be with thee; a form of speech implying that s…
Highly favoured (κεχαριτωμενη). Perfect passive participle of χαριτοω and means endowed with grace (χαρις), enriched with grace as…
19th Century
Anglican
Highly favoured.—The verb is the same as that which is translated, hath made us accepted in Ephesians 1:6; and, on the wh…
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Baptist
And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favored, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. And when she…
Here Luke establishes another contrast with the preceding narrative, for Zechariah had received no such greeting as Mary did. Mary is “highly favor…
16th Century
Protestant
Hail, thou who hast obtained favor. The angel’s commission, being of an astonishing and almost incredible description, he opens it with a …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the angel came in to her Into her house, and into the room where she was:
and said, hail…
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…
