Luke 1:28

28 And he came to her [and]^[a] said, "Greetings, favored one! The Lord [is] with you."

Luke 1:28 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 1:28

And the angel came in unto her
Into her house, and into the room where she was:

and said, hail;
all health, happiness, and prosperity attend thee; ( Matthew 28:9 )

thou art highly favoured;
or graciously accepted, or hast obtained grace; not referring to electing, redeeming; justifying, pardoning, adopting, and sanctifying grace, which she had in common with other saints; but to that special and particular favour, in being chosen and singled out from all other women, to be the mother of the Messiah:

the Lord is with thee;
so the angel to Gideon, ( Judges 6:12 ) or "be with thee", an usual form of salutation among the Jews; ( Ruth 2:4 )

thou art blessed among women;
and will be pronounced so by other women, as she was by Elisabeth, ( Luke 1:42 ) and by another woman, ( Luke 11:27 ) .

Luke 1:28 In-Context

26 Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee {named} Nazareth,

27 to a virgin legally promised in marriage to a man {named} Joseph of the house of David. And the name of the virgin [was] Mary.

28 And he came to her [and] said, "Greetings, favored one! The Lord [is] with you."

29 But she was greatly perplexed at the statement, and was pondering what sort of greeting this might be.

30 And the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("came") has been translated as a finite verb