What does Luke 1:37 mean?

For with God nothing shall be impossible.
Luke 1:37, King James Version

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Luke 1:35-39

  1. 35 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.
  2. 36 And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.
  3. 37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.
  4. 38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.
  5. 39 And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;

Study note

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown (1871) (public domain).

For, &c.--referring to what was said by the angel to Abraham in like case (Gen 18:14), to strengthen her faith.

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About the book of Luke

Author
anonymous; tradition credits Luke, physician and companion of Paul (Luke 1:3)
When
c. AD 60 to 80
Period
Vida de Jesus, c. 5 a.C. a 33 d.C. (in Portuguese)

Authorship: the book itself or Christian tradition. Approximate dates, as in Carson and Moo, An Introduction to the New Testament, and Longman and Dillard, An Introduction to the Old Testament.

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