Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 1:26-38
Mary Receives the Promise that She Will Bear the Messiah and She Responds In Willing Obedience (1:26-38). These verses represent a unit in themselves, being connected with what precedes by the reference to the sixth month. It is arranged as a chiasmus around the central question as to how this wonderful thing could be when the chosen woman, Mary, had had no sexual relations with a man. This emphasises the fact that the One Who came, came directly from God through Mary. (We should note that the... read more
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 1:26-27
‘Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary. ‘The sixth month.’ That is, in the sixth month from the conception of John. After Israel’s long wait, things were moving rapidly. Again Gabriel was involved. He was sent ‘from God’ to a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, to a virgin who was betrothed to a man named Joseph, who was of the house... read more