Luca 1:30

30 E l’angelo le disse: Non temere, Maria, perché hai trovato grazia presso Dio.

Luca 1:30 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 1:30

And the angel said unto her,
&c] Observing the consternation and confusion she was in;

fear not, Mary;
he calls her by her name, signifying that she was well known to him, as the saints are to the ministering angels, who are often sent unto them, encamp about them, and do them many good offices; and bids her not be afraid, he had no ill design upon her, nor brought any ill news to her:

for thou has found favour,
or "found grace with God"; and what that particular grace and favour was, is expressed in the following verses.

Luca 1:30 In-Context

28 E l’angelo, entrato da lei, disse: Ti saluto, o favorita dalla grazia; il Signore è teco.
29 Ed ella fu turbata a questa parola, e si domandava che cosa volesse dire un tal saluto.
30 E l’angelo le disse: Non temere, Maria, perché hai trovato grazia presso Dio.
31 Ed ecco tu concepirai nel seno e partorirai un figliuolo e gli porrai nome Gesù.
32 Questi sarà grande, e sarà chiamato Figliuol dell’Altissimo, e il Signore Iddio gli darà il trono di Davide suo padre,
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