Luke 1:35

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ ἄγγελος εἶπεν αὐτῇ, Πνεῦμα Ἅγιον ἐπελεύσεται ἐπὶ σέ, καὶ δύναμις Ὑψίστου ἐπισκιάσει σοι: διὸ καὶ τὸ γεννώμενον ἐκ σοῦ ἅγιον κληθήσεται Υἱὸς Θεοῦ.

Transliteration

And apokritheis the angelos eipen to her, Pneuma Hagion epeleusetai upon you, and dynamis of Hypsistou episkiasei you: therefore also the gennōmenon from you hagion klēthēsetai Huios Theou.

Grammar Details

• *apokritheis*: aorist, passive, participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having answered
• *angelos*: nominative, masculine, singular - messenger/angel
• *eipen*: aorist, active, indicative, 3rd singular - said
• *Pneuma*: nominative, neuter, singular - Spirit
• *Hagion*: nominative, neuter, singular - Holy
• *epeleusetai*: future, middle, indicative, 3rd singular - will come upon
• *dynamis*: nominative, feminine, singular - power
• *Hypsistou*: genitive, masculine, singular - Highest/Most High
• *episkiasei*: future, active, indicative, 3rd singular - will overshadow
• *gennōmenon*: present, passive, participle, nominative, neuter, singular - being born/begotten
• *hagion*: nominative, neuter, singular - holy
• *klēthēsetai*: future, passive, indicative, 3rd singular - will be called
• *Huios*: nominative, masculine, singular - Son
• *Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - God

Word Meanings

• *Pneuma*: Spirit/breath
• *epeleusetai*: will come upon/descend upon
• *dynamis*: power/might/strength
• *episkiasei*: will overshadow/cover with shadow
• *gennōmenon*: being born/begotten/conceived

Referenced Verses

• Matt 1:18 : 18 ¶ Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
• Luke 1:27 : 27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name [was] Mary.
• Matt 1:20 : 20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
• Luke 1:31-32 : 31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. 32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
• John 1:49 : 49 Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
• John 20:31 : 31 But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.
• John 1:34 : 34 And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.
• Ps 2:7 : 7 ¶ I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou [art] my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
• Matt 14:33 : 33 Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.
• Heb 4:15 : 15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as [we are, yet] without sin.
• Heb 7:26-28 : 26 For such an high priest became us, [who is] holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; 27 Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself. 28 For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, [maketh] the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.
• Matt 26:63-64 : 63 But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God. 64 Jesus saith unto him, ‹Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.›
• Matt 27:54 : 54 Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.
• Mark 1:1 : 1 ¶ The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;
• Mark 1:24 : 24 Saying, Let [us] alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.
• Ps 51:5 : 5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
• Job 14:4 : 4 Who can bring a clean [thing] out of an unclean? not one.
• Job 15:16 : 16 How much more abominable and filthy [is] man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
• Job 25:4 : 4 How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean [that is] born of a woman?
• Matt 4:3 : 3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
• Acts 8:36 : 36 And as they went on [their] way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, [here is] water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
• Rom 1:4 : 4 And declared [to be] the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
• Gal 2:20 : 20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
• Eph 2:3 : 3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.