Luke 1:37

37 For ¹nothing will be impossible with God. ”

Luke 1:37 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 1:37

For with God nothing shall be impossible.
] That is consistent with his nature and perfections, with his counsels, purposes, and promises: every thing that he has said, purposed, or promised, he is able to do, and will; every word that he has spoken, every thing predicted by his prophets, or declared by his angels, and particularly this of a virgin's conceiving and bearing a Son: so that the angel not only answers her question, how this should be, but confirms her faith in it; partly by the instance of her cousin Elisabeth, and partly by observing the infinite omnipotence of God.

Luke 1:37 In-Context

35 And the angel answered her, “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 called holy— the Son of God.

36 And behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.

37 For nothing will be impossible with God. ”

38 And Mary said, “Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word. ” And the angel departed from her.

39 In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a town in Judah,

Cross References

• 1. 1:37 Cited from Gen. 18:14 (Gk.); See Matt. 19:26