LUKE 1:35 Parallel Verse View

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ULT And answering, the angel said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore, the holy one being born will be called the Son of God.

UST The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you. The power of God Most High will be like a shadow falling on you. So the baby you give birth to will be holy. He will be the Son of God.

BLB And the angel answering, said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore also the Holy One being born will be called the Son of God.

AICNT And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit[fn] will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore, the one being born [[from you]][fn] will be called holy, the Son of God.”[fn]

1:35, Spirit: See footnote for Luke 1:15.

1:35, from you: Some manuscripts include. C(04) Latin (a e)

1:35, the one being born [[of you]] will be called holy, the Son of God: Or “the one to be born holy will be called the Son of God”.

OEB ‘The Holy Spirit will descend on you,’ answered the angel, ‘and the Power of the Most High will overshadow you; and therefore the child will be called “holy,” and “Son of God.”

WEBBE The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will be called the Son of God.

LSV And the messenger answering said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you, therefore also the holy-begotten thing will be called Son of God;

FBV He replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will cover you. The baby who is to be born is holy, and will be called the Son of God.

TCNT The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon yoʋ, and the power of the Most High will overshadow yoʋ; therefore the holy child that is to be [fn]born will be called the Son of God.

1:35 born ¦ born of yoʋ SCR

T4T The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come to you; the power of God [MTY/EUP] will overshadow you and enable you to become pregnant. So the child you will bear will be completely set apart {give himself completely} to obey God, and he will be called {people will say that he is} ◄the Son of God/the man who is also God►.

LEB And the angel answered and[fn] said to her,
• “The Holy Spirit will come upon you,
• and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.
• Therefore also the one to be born will be called holy, the Son of God.

1:35 *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb

BBE And the angel in answer said to her, The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will come to rest on you, and so that which will come to birth will be named holy, Son of God.

Moff The angel answered her, "The holy Spirit will come upon you, the power of the Most High will overshadow you; hence what is born will be called holy, Son of God.

Wymth The angel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; and for this reason your holy offspring will be called `the Son of God.'

ASV And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee: wherefore also the holy thing which is begotten shall be called the Son of God.

DRA And the angel answering, said to her: The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the most High shall overshadow thee. And therefore also the Holy which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

YLT And the messenger answering said to her, 'The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee, therefore also the holy-begotten thing shall be called Son of God;

Drby 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 [fn]God.

1.35 Elohim

RV And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee: wherefore also that which is to be born shall be called holy, the Son of God.
(And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee/you, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee/you: wherefore also that which is to be born shall be called holy, the Son of God. )

SLT And the messenger having answered, said to her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: wherefore also the holy thing born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

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

KJB-1769 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.
(And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee/you, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee/you: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee/you shall be called the Son of God. )

KJB-1611 And the Angel answered and said vnto her, The holy Ghost shall come vpon thee, and the power of the Highest shall ouershadow thee. Therefore also that holy thing which shall bee borne of thee, shall bee called the sonne of God.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps And the Angel aunswered, & saide vnto her: The holy ghost shall come vpon thee, & the power of the hyest shall ouershadowe thee. Therefore also that holy thyng whiche shalbe borne, shalbe called the sonne of God.
(And the Angel answered, and said unto her: The holy ghost shall come upon thee/you, and the power of the highest shall overshadowe thee/you. Therefore also that holy thing which shall be born, shall be called the son of God.)

Gnva And the Angel answered, and said vnto her, The holy Ghost shall come vpon thee, and the power of the most High shall ouershadowe thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall bee borne of thee, shall be called the Sonne of God.
(And the Angel answered, and said unto her, The holy Ghost shall come upon thee/you, and the power of the most High shall overshadowe thee/you: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee/you, shall be called the Son of God. )

Cvdl The angell answered, & sayde vnto her: The holy goost shal come vpon the, & the power of the Hyest shal ouershadowe the. Therfore that Holy also which shalbe borne (of the) shalbe called the sonne of God.
(The angel answered, and said unto her: The holy ghost shall come upon them, and the power of the Highest shall overshadowe them. Therefore that Holy also which shall be born (of the) shall be called the son of God.)

TNT And the angell answered and sayd vnto her: The holy goost shall come apon the and the power of the hyest shall over shaddowe the. Therfore also the holy thinge which shalbe borne shalbe called the sonne of god.
(And the angel answered and said unto her: The holy ghost shall come upon the and the power of the highest shall over shaddowe them. Therefore also the holy thing which shall be born shall be called the son of god. )

Wycl And the aungel answeride, and seide to hir, The Hooly Goost schal come fro aboue in to thee, and the vertu of the Hiyeste schal ouerschadewe thee; and therfor that hooli thing that schal be borun of thee, schal be clepid the sone of God.
(And the angel answered, and said to her, The Hooly Goost shall come from above in to thee/you, and the virtue of the Hiyeste shall overschadewe thee/you; and therefore that holy thing that shall be born of thee/you, shall be called the son of God.)

Luth Der Engel antwortete und sprach zu ihr: Der Heilige Geist wird über dich kommen, und die Kraft des Höchsten wird dich überschatten; darum auch das Heilige, das von dir geboren wird, wird Gottes Sohn genannt werden.
(The angel replied and spoke to/for you(pl)/their/her: The saints spirit becomes above you/yourself coming, and the strength/power the highest_(one) becomes you/yourself aboveschatten; therefore also the saints, the from you/to_you(sg) born becomes, becomes God’s son named become.)

ClVg Et respondens angelus dixit ei: Spiritus Sanctus superveniet in te, et virtus Altissimi obumbrabit tibi. Ideoque et quod nascetur ex te sanctum, vocabitur Filius Dei.[fn]
(And responding messenger/angel he/she_said to_him: Holy Spirit will_arrive in/into/on you(sg), and virtue The_highest_(ones) will_overshadow to_you. Therefore/For_that_reasonque and that nascetur from you(sg) holy, will_be_called Son of_God. )

1.35 Sanctum vocabitur Filius Dei. Jesus nascitur sanctus, qui conditionem naturæ corruptibilis vinceret, et commistione copulæ carnalis conceptus non est. Nos conditione corruptibilis naturæ constricti, per gratiam possumus sanctificari. Et congruit, ut quæ contra morem virgo concepit, supra morem humanæ consuetudinis Dei Filium generet.

1.35 Sanctum will_be_called Son of_God. Yesus is_born holy, who/which conditionm of_nature corruptibilis to_wint, and commistione copulæ carnal/bodily concept not/no it_is. We condition corruptibilis of_nature constricti, through grace we_can to_be_sanctified. And fits, as which on_the_contrary custom virgin conceived, above custom human consuetudinis of_God Son in_generalt.

UGNT καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ ἄγγελος εἶπεν αὐτῇ, Πνεῦμα Ἅγιον ἐπελεύσεται ἐπὶ σέ, καὶ δύναμις Ὑψίστου ἐπισκιάσει σοι; διὸ καὶ τὸ γεννώμενον Ἅγιον κληθήσεται, Υἱὸς Θεοῦ.
(kai apokritheis ho angelos eipen autaʸ, Pneuma Hagion epeleusetai epi se, kai dunamis Hupsistou episkiasei soi; dio kai to gennōmenon Hagion klaʸthaʸsetai, Huios Theou.)

SBL-GNT καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ ἄγγελος εἶπεν αὐτῇ· Πνεῦμα ἅγιον ἐπελεύσεται ἐπὶ σέ, καὶ δύναμις Ὑψίστου ἐπισκιάσει σοι· διὸ καὶ τὸ γεννώμενον ἅγιον κληθήσεται, υἱὸς θεοῦ·
(kai apokritheis ho angelos eipen autaʸ; Pneuma hagion epeleusetai epi se, kai dunamis Hupsistou episkiasei soi; dio kai to gennōmenon hagion klaʸthaʸsetai, huios theou;)

RP-GNT Καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ ἄγγελος εἶπεν αὐτῇ, Πνεῦμα ἅγιον ἐπελεύσεται ἐπὶ σέ, καὶ δύναμις ὑψίστου ἐπισκιάσει σοι· διὸ καὶ τὸ γεννώμενον ἅγιον κληθήσεται υἱὸς θεοῦ.
(Kai apokritheis ho angelos eipen autaʸ, Pneuma hagion epeleusetai epi se, kai dunamis hupsistou episkiasei soi; dio kai to gennōmenon hagion klaʸthaʸsetai huios theou.)

TC-GNT Καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ ἄγγελος εἶπεν αὐτῇ, Πνεῦμα Ἅγιον ἐπελεύσεται ἐπὶ σέ, καὶ δύναμις ὑψίστου ἐπισκιάσει σοι· διὸ καὶ τὸ [fn]γεννώμενον ἅγιον κληθήσεται υἱὸς Θεοῦ.
(Kai apokritheis ho angelos eipen autaʸ, Pneuma Hagion epeleusetai epi se, kai dunamis hupsistou episkiasei soi; dio kai to gennōmenon hagion klaʸthaʸsetai huios Theou. )

1:35 γεννωμενον ¦ γεννωμενον εκ σου SCR

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 1:26–38: An angel told Mary that Jesus would be born

God sent an angel to tell Mary that she would have a son and that his name would be Jesus. He would be a king forever. This surprised and frightened Mary. She asked the angel how this would happen, as she was a virgin. She had never had sexual relations with a man. The angel said that the power of God would overshadow her and cause her to become pregnant. She would give birth to a son, and he would be called the Son of God. Mary believed God’s message, and she was willing for this to happen to her.

Some other possible headings for this section are:

The angel Gabriel predicts the virgin birth of Jesus the Christ

Angel Gabriel announces to the virgin Mary that God will cause her to give birth to a son

The Birth of Jesus is Announced (GNT)

1:35a–b

The two parts of this verse are very similar in meaning. The phrases “The Holy Spirit” and “the power of the Most High” are similar. The phrases “will come upon you” and “will overshadow you” are similar.

In some languages, it may be confusing to repeat the same meaning in different words here. It may imply that the angel was making two separate statements that had different meanings. If that is true in your language, you may need to translate the parts of the verse in a different way. See the General Comment on 1:35a–b at the end of the notes on 1:35b for a suggestion.

1:35a

The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you,

¶ The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come to you.^(sing)
¶ The angel said to Mary, “It will happen in this way: the Holy Spirit of God will surround you.^(sing)
¶ The angel said, “The Holy Spirit will come and work powerfully within you,

The angel replied: These words introduce the answer to the question that Mary asked in 1:34a. In some languages it may be necessary to make this clear by repeating part of Mary’s question in the angel’s answer. For example:

The angel answered, “It will happen in this way:….”

angel: See the note at 1:11a for suggestions about how to translate the word angel. See also angel, Meaning 1, in the Glossary.

The Holy Spirit will come upon you: The Greek expression that the BSB translates as The Holy Spirit will come upon you means here that the Holy Spirit would come to Mary. He would do a powerful miracle in her body. He would cause her to become pregnant. Use a natural way in your language to speak about God or a spirit coming to do good in a person. Not all languages will use the expression “come upon.” Some other ways to express the idea are:

The Holy Spirit will come to you (GW)

The Holy Spirit will surround/ envelop you

In some languages there is an expression for an evil spirit coming to control someone for an evil purpose. Do not use an expression like that here if it would imply that the Holy Spirit would come for an evil purpose. The expression should not imply that the Holy Spirit would rape Mary or have sexual relations with her.

The Holy Spirit: The term Holy Spirit also occurs in 1:15c. See the note there for help in how to translate this term.

1:35b

and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.

The power of the Most High God will cover you^(sing) like a shadow, and
God, who is higher/greater than all things, will powerfully/mightily work in you.
and the power of God, the One who is Supreme, will be present with you to cause you to conceive.

the power of the Most High will overshadow you: The phrase the power of the Most High will overshadow you has almost the same meaning as “the Holy Spirit will come upon you” in 1:35a. The verb overshadow is used here in a figurative way. It literally means “to cast a shadow over” or “to shade.”For example, Mark 9:7 in the CEV says: “The shadow of a cloud passed over and covered them.” In this context it indicates that God will powerfully work in Mary to cause her to conceive Jesus.Many scholars see here an allusion to the cloud that led the Israelites in the time of the Exodus and filled the Tent of Meeting with the glory of God (see Exodus 40:35 and Numbers 9:18). In other OT passages, the word means “cover” and speaks of the protecting presence of God (see Psalm 91:4 and Psalm 139:8). But in this context, God’s presence does not come to protect Mary so much as to work the miracle of the virgin conception and birth. It speaks of God’s power surrounding Mary the way a cloud covers or surrounds something.

Some ways to translate this are:

Use an expression based on the figurative meaning of this verb. For example:
the power of the Most High God will cover you
God, who is greater than all gods, will completely surround you with his power the way a cloud shades the earth
Translate the meaning without the figurative language. For example:
the power of the Most High will be present with you
God’s power will completely surround/envelop you
the Most High will be present with you and his power will work in you

You may also want to make explicit what God’s power and presence would accomplish in Mary. For example:

the power of the Most High will be present with you and cause you to become pregnant

The power of the Greatest/Highest God will come over you to cause you to conceive

the Most High: The expression the Most High is a title for God. Some ways to translate this are:

the One who is higher than all things

the One who is the greatest

the Most High God

God , the One who is the Most High

See the note on 1:32b for a more complete discussion of the Most High.

General Comment on 1:35a–b

The clauses in 1:35a and 1:35b have similar meanings. In some languages it may be necessary to make this clear by arranging the information in a different way. For example:

The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit of the Most High God will come to you and work powerfully within you.…”

1:35c

So the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God.

therefore the holy child to whom you^(sing) will give birth will be called ‘Son of God.’
For that reason they will call your holy son the Son of God.
So the child who will be born will be holy and will be recognized/known as the Son of God.

So: The Greek word that the BSB translates as So here introduces the result of God’s work. 1:35c is the result of 1:35a–b. Another way to translate this is:

For this reason the holy child will be called the Son of God. (GNT)

the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God: There is a textual issue here. A few Greek manuscripts have “being born from you.” The earliest and best Greek manuscripts do not include the words “from you.” The manuscripts that include these words have later dates. However, in some languages it may be natural to include these words, for example, if the passive verb “be born” is translated as active. The Greek expression that the BSB translates as the Holy One to be born refers to the holy child to whom Mary would give birth. There are different ways to express the Greek structure of 1:35c in English:

the holy child to be born will be called Son of God (REB)

the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God (RSV)

the child to be born will be holy; he will be called Son of God (NRSV)

The meaning of these three examples is almost the same. Jesus would be holy, and he would be the Son of God, so people would also call him holy and “the Son of God". Some other ways to translate this are:

the holy child who will be born will be called “Son of God”

the baby to be born will be holy, and he will be called the Son of God (NLT)

Holy One: Here the phrase Holy One refers to the fact that Jesus is divine and has the same nature as God. He is perfect in every way and is completely pure and sinless. Because of these qualities, he is worthy of awe. Some ways to translate this are:

the divine/holy child

the pure one from God

See the word holy, sense A2, in KBT.

will be called the Son of God: The phrase will be called the Son of God is similar to “will be called the Son of the Most High” in 1:32b. See the note there. It implies that Jesus will be described or addressed with the title the Son of God. He will receive this title because he actually is the Son of God.

The verb will be called is passive. The text does not specify who will call Jesus this. In some languages, it may not be natural to translate the verb will be called as passive. If that is true in your language, here are other ways to translate it:

Use a different verb that does not require you to say who will use the title. For example:
he will have the title Son of God
his name will be the Son of God
Focus on the fact that Jesus will be the Son of God. For example:
he will be the Son of God

If you must say who would call the child the Son of God, try to make the subject as general as possible. For example:

they will call him the Son of God

the Son of God: See the note on Son in 1:32b for advice about how to translate “Son” when it refers to Jesus as the Son of God.

In languages where there is no single word for Son, many translators have used a more general expression, such as:

child of God

Other verses will usually make clear that Jesus was a male child. If you use a descriptive phrase such as “male child of God,” be sure that this expression does not imply that God had another child who was female.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / hendiadys

ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ ἄγγελος εἶπεν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἀποκριθείς ὁ ἄγγελος εἶπεν αὐτῇ Πνεῦμα Ἅγιον ἐπελεύσεται ἐπί σέ καί δύναμις Ὑψίστου ἐπισκιάσει σοί διό καί τό γεννώμενον Ἅγιον κληθήσεται Υἱός Θεοῦ)

Together the words answering and said mean that the angel responded to the question that Mary asked. Alternate translation: [the angel responded]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

Πνεῦμα Ἅγιον ἐπελεύσεται ἐπὶ σέ, καὶ δύναμις Ὑψίστου ἐπισκιάσει σοι

˓the˒_Spirit Holy ˓will_be˒_coming_over (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἀποκριθείς ὁ ἄγγελος εἶπεν αὐτῇ Πνεῦμα Ἅγιον ἐπελεύσεται ἐπί σέ καί δύναμις Ὑψίστου ἐπισκιάσει σοί διό καί τό γεννώμενον Ἅγιον κληθήσεται Υἱός Θεοῦ)

These two phrases mean similar things. Once again Gabriel is speaking in a form much like Hebrew poetry. It would be good here as well to show this to your readers by including both phrases in your translation rather than combining them. However, if the repetition might be confusing, you could connect the phrases with a term other than and, in order to show that the second phrase is repeating and clarifying the meaning of the first one, not saying something additional. Alternate translation: [The Holy Spirit will come to you, yes, the power of God will cover you like a shadow]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

δύναμις Ὑψίστου ἐπισκιάσει σοι

˓the˒_power ˱of˲_˓the˒_Highest ˓will_be˒_overshadowing (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἀποκριθείς ὁ ἄγγελος εἶπεν αὐτῇ Πνεῦμα Ἅγιον ἐπελεύσεται ἐπί σέ καί δύναμις Ὑψίστου ἐπισκιάσει σοί διό καί τό γεννώμενον Ἅγιον κληθήσεται Υἱός Θεοῦ)

It was the power of God that would supernaturally cause Mary to become pregnant even while she still remained a virgin. It is not clear exactly how this happened, since Gabriel speaks as if God’s power had a shadow in order to describe it. But make sure that your translation does not imply that there was any physical or sexual union involved. This was a miracle. It might work well to retain Gabriel’s language and change the metaphor to a simile. Alternate translation: [the power of the Most High will cover you like a shadow]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

Ὑψίστου

˱of˲_˓the˒_Highest

See how you translated the expression the Most High in [1:32](../01/32.md). Alternate translation: [the Most High God]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

διὸ καὶ τὸ γεννώμενον Ἅγιον κληθήσεται, Υἱὸς Θεοῦ

As in [1:32](../01/32.md), to be called is an idiom that means “to be.” Alternate translation: [Therefore, this holy baby will be the Son of God]

Note 6 topic: guidelines-sonofgodprinciples

διὸ καὶ τὸ γεννώμενον Ἅγιον κληθήσεται, Υἱὸς Θεοῦ

Gabriel is not saying only that Son of God is a title by which Jesus will be known. Instead, this is a further statement that Jesus would be the divine Son of a divine Father. (Gabriel says Therefore, indicating that this will be the result of the process he has just described.) You may want to show this by employing capitalization or whatever other convention your language uses to indicate divinity. Alternate translation: [Therefore, this holy baby will be the Son of God]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

τὸ γεννώμενον Ἅγιον κληθήσεται, Υἱὸς Θεοῦ

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express these two passive forms by stating the meaning of each with an active form. Alternate translation: [people will call this holy baby whom you will bear the Son of God]

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism