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The Darby Translation

Luke 1:27

to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name [was] Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name [was] Mary.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Angel (a Spirit);   Betrothal;   Elisabeth (Elizabeth);   Gabriel;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Joseph;   Joy;   Marriage;   Mary;   Miracles;   Nazareth;   Virgin;   Women;   Zacharias (Zechariah);   Scofield Reference Index - Holy Spirit;   Inspiration;   Law of Moses;   Thompson Chain Reference - Betrothals;   Home;   Mary;   The Topic Concordance - Blessings;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Marriage;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Gabriel;   John;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Angels;   Gabriel;   Jesus christ;   Joseph the husband of mary;   Virgin;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Angel;   Body;   Family Life and Relations;   Miracle;   Vision(s);   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Angel;   Nativity of Christ;   Union Hypostatical;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Angel;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Joseph;   Juttah;   Nazareth;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Annunciation;   Betrothal;   Gabriel;   Household;   Incarnation;   Jesus, Life and Ministry of;   John;   Luke, Gospel of;   Nazareth, Nazarene;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Virgin, Virgin Birth;   Zacharias;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Gabriel;   Jesus Christ;   John the Baptist;   Nazareth;   Vision;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Angels (2);   Annunciation, the ;   Betrothal;   Brethren of the Lord (2);   Children;   Family;   Genealogies of Jesus Christ;   Home (2);   House (2);   Mary, the Virgin;   Name (2);   Presentation ;   Son of David;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Annunciation, the;   Betrothment;   Elisabeth ;   Joseph ;   Mary, the Mother of Jesus;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Body;   Theophilus;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Elisabeth;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Houses;   Mary;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Espousal;   Joseph, Husband of Mary;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Gabriel;   Jesus of Nazareth;   New Testament;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
to a virgin engaged to a man named Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.
King James Version (1611)
To a virgine espoused to a man whose name was Ioseph, of the house of Dauid, and the virgins name was Marie.
King James Version
To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
English Standard Version
to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin's name was Mary.
New American Standard Bible
to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the descendants of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
New Century Version
to a virgin. She was engaged to marry a man named Joseph from the family of David. Her name was Mary.
Amplified Bible
to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, a descendant of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the descendants of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
Legacy Standard Bible
to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin's name was Mary.
Berean Standard Bible
to a virgin pledged in marriage to a man named Joseph, who was of the house of David. And the virgin's name was Mary.
Contemporary English Version
with a message for a virgin named Mary. She was engaged to Joseph from the family of King David.
Complete Jewish Bible
to a virgin engaged to a man named Yosef, of the house of David; the virgin's name was Miryam.
Geneva Bible (1587)
To a virgin affianced to a man whose name was Ioseph, of the house of Dauid, & the virgins name was Marie.
George Lamsa Translation
To a virgin who was acquired for a price for a man named Joseph, of the house of David; and the name of the virgin was Mary.
Good News Translation
He had a message for a young woman promised in marriage to a man named Joseph, who was a descendant of King David. Her name was Mary.
Lexham English Bible
to a virgin legally promised in marriage to a man named Joseph of the house of David. And the name of the virgin was Mary.
Literal Translation
to a virgin who had been betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
American Standard Version
to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
Bible in Basic English
To a virgin who was to be married to a man named Joseph, of the family of David; and the name of the virgin was Mary.
Hebrew Names Version
to a virgin pledged to be married to a man whose name was Yosef, of the house of David. The virgin's name was Miryam.
International Standard Version
to a virgin engaged to a man named Joseph, a descendantof the house
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Etheridge Translation
unto a Virgin espoused to a man whose name was Jauseph, of the house of David, and the name of the Virgin was Mariam.
Murdock Translation
to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
To a virgin, spoused to a man whose name was Ioseph, of the house of Dauid, and the virgins name was Marie.
English Revised Version
to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
World English Bible
to a virgin pledged to be married to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name was Mary.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
named Nazareth, To a virgin of the house of David, espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, and the virgin's name was Mary.
Weymouth's New Testament
to a maiden betrothed to a man of the name of Joseph, a descendant of David. The maiden's name was Mary.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
to a maidyn, weddid to a man, whos name was Joseph, of the hous of Dauid; and the name of the maidun was Marie.
Update Bible Version
to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
Webster's Bible Translation
To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name [was] Mary.
New English Translation
to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, a descendant of David, and the virgin's name was Mary.
New King James Version
to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name was Mary.
New Living Translation
to a virgin named Mary. She was engaged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of King David.
New Life Bible
He went to a woman who had never had a man. Her name was Mary. She was promised in marriage to a man named Joseph. Joseph was of the family of David.
New Revised Standard
to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name was Mary.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
unto a virgin, betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and, the name of the virgin, was, Mary;
Douay-Rheims Bible
To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David: and the virgin’s name was Mary.
Revised Standard Version
to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
to a virgin spoused to a man whose name was Ioseph of ye housse of David and ye virgins name was Mary.
Young's Literal Translation
to a virgin, betrothed to a man, whose name [is] Joseph, of the house of David, and the name of the virgin [is] Mary.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
vnto a virgin that was spoused vnto a man, whose name was Ioseph, of the house of Dauid, and the virgins name was Mary.
Mace New Testament (1729)
to a virgin contracted to a man; whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. and the virgin's name was Mary.
Simplified Cowboy Version
She was engaged to a carpenter named Joseph, who descended from David.

Contextual Overview

26 But in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent of God to a city of Galilee, of which [the] name [was] Nazareth, 27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name [was] Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name [was] Mary. 28 And the angel came in to her, and said, Hail, [thou] favoured one! the Lord [is] with thee: [blessed art *thou* amongst women]. 29 But she, [seeing] [the angel], was troubled at his word, and reasoned in her mind what this salutation might be. 30 And the angel said to her, Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favour with God; 31 and behold, thou shalt conceive in the womb and bear a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus. 32 *He* shall be great, and shall be called Son of [the] Highest; and [the] Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father; 33 and he shall reign over the house of Jacob for the ages, and of his kingdom there shall not be an end. 34 But Mary said to the angel, How shall this be, since I know not a man? 35 And the angel answering said to her, [The] Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and power of [the] Highest overshadow thee, wherefore the holy thing also which shall be born shall be called Son of God.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Luke 2:4, Luke 2:5, Genesis 3:15, Isaiah 7:14, Jeremiah 31:22, Matthew 1:18, Matthew 1:21, Matthew 1:23

Reciprocal: Genesis 30:23 - General Matthew 1:16 - Joseph Matthew 13:55 - is not this Luke 1:31 - thou Luke 1:35 - The Holy Ghost Luke 4:16 - to

Cross-References

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 1:2
And the earth was waste and empty, and darkness was on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
Genesis 1:7
And God made the expanse, and divided between the waters that are under the expanse and the waters that are above the expanse; and it was so.
Genesis 1:9
And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together to one place, and let the dry [land] appear. And it was so.
Genesis 1:21
And God created the great sea monsters, and every living soul that moves with which the waters swarm, after their kind, and every winged fowl after its kind. And God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:25
And God made the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing of the ground after its kind. And God saw that it was good.
Genesis 2:18
And Jehovah Elohim said, It is not good that Man should be alone; I will make him a helpmate, his like.
Psalms 139:14
I will praise thee, for I am fearfully, wonderfully made. Marvellous are thy works; and [that] my soul knoweth right well.
Isaiah 43:7
every one that is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory: I have formed him, yea, I have made him.
Malachi 2:15
And did not one make [them]? and the remnant of the Spirit was his. And wherefore the one? He sought a seed of God. Take heed then to your spirit, and let none deal unfaithfully against the wife of his youth,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

To a virgin,.... A pure virgin, that never knew man;

:- and yet

espoused to a man whose name was Joseph; but they were not come together, nor had he taken her for his wife, and home to his house, nor had they cohabited:

of the house of David; which, according to the grammatical construction of the words, may be connected either with the virgin, or with Joseph, to whom she was espoused; and is true of both; for they both were of the house and lineage of David: and this shows what a low condition David's family was in, that the persons that were the nearest allied to it were a carpenter, and a poor virgin; and both residing in so despicable a place as Nazareth in Galilee:

and the virgin's name was Mary; a name frequent among the Jews, and the same with Miriam; of which name was the sister of Moses and Aaron.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

To a virgin espoused ... - See the notes at Matthew 1:18-19. Compare the notes at Isaiah 7:14.

House of David - Family of David, or descendants of David.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 27. To a virgin espoused, c.] See Clarke on Matthew 1:18 Matthew 1:23. The reflections of pious father Quesnel on this subject are worthy of serious regard. At length the moment is come which is to give a son to a virgin, a saviour to the world, a pattern to mankind, a sacrifice to sinners, a temple to the Divinity, and a new principle to the new world. This angel is sent from God, not to the palaces of the great, but to a poor maid, the wife of a carpenter. The Son of God comes to humble the proud, and to honour poverty, weakness, and contempt. He chooses an obscure place for the mystery which is most glorious to his humanity, its union with the Divinity, and for that which is most degrading (his sufferings and death) he will choose the greatest city! How far are men from such a conduct as this!


 
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