1:26 到了第六個月,天使加百列奉神的差遣往加利利的一座城去(這城名叫拿撒勒),
1:27 到一個童女那裏,是已經許配大衛家的一個人,名叫約瑟。童女的名字叫馬利亞;
1:28 天使進去,對她說:「蒙大恩的女子,我問你安,主和你同在了!」
1:29 馬利亞因這話就很驚慌,又反覆思想,這樣問安是甚麼意思。
1:30 天使對她說:「馬利亞,不要怕!你在神面前已經蒙恩了,
1:31 你要懷孕生子,可以給他起名叫耶穌。
1:32 他要為大,稱為至高者的兒子,主神要把他祖大衛的位給他;
1:33 他要作雅各家的王,直到永遠,他的國也沒有窮盡。」
In the sixth month of Elizabeth's pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin's name was Mary. The angel went to her and said, 'Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.' Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. But the angel said to her, 'Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over Jacob's descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.'
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路加福音為了表現「這些事我既從起頭都詳細考察了,就定意要按著次序寫給你,使你知道所學之道都是確實的。」所用的內容,讓人讀起來覺得十分詳細與真實。
正如天使報告馬利亞將發生的事,也就是她要還孕生子,上帝在舊約中的預言要實現,一五一十仔仔細細的描述,讓人讀下來可感受到這是真實的、是可信的。
我們在傳講信息時,也當如此,讓人感受我們的肯定與信靠,這是有感染力的,並且上帝喜悅我們如此,正如保羅所說:『上帝的應許,不論有多少,在基督都是是的。』(林後1:20)
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