Luke 1:38

38 "I serve the Lord," Mary answered. "May it happen to me just as you said it would." Then the angel left her.

Luke 1:38 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 1:38

And Mary said, behold the handmaid of the Lord,
&c.] In which words she expresses her obedience of faith; she owns herself to be the handmaid of the Lord, and desires to obey him, and be submissive to him as such; and tacitly acknowledges her meanness, and great unworthiness:

be it unto me according to thy word;
she assented to what the angel said should be unto her; she earnestly desired it might be, and firmly believed it would be; she set her "Amen" to the angel's message:

and the angel departed from her;
to the heavenly regions from whence he came; to his great Lord and master, that sent him; having dispatched the business he came about, and which he was accountable to him for.

Luke 1:38 In-Context

36 Your relative Elizabeth is old. And even she is going to have a child. People thought she could not have children. But she has been pregnant for six months now.

37 Nothing is impossible with God."

38 "I serve the Lord," Mary answered. "May it happen to me just as you said it would." Then the angel left her.

39 At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in Judea's hill country.

40 There she entered Zechariah's home and greeted Elizabeth.