Luke 1:30

30 And ye angell sayde vnto her: feare not Mary: for thou hast founde grace wt god.

Luke 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.

Luke 1:30 In-Context

28 And ye angell went in vnto her and sayde: Hayle full of grace ye Lorde is with ye: blessed arte thou amonge wemen.

29 When she sawe him she was abasshed at his sayinge: and cast in her mynde what maner of salutacion yt shuld be.

30 And ye angell sayde vnto her: feare not Mary: for thou hast founde grace wt god.

31 Loo: thou shalt coceave in thy wombe and shalt beare a sonne and shalt call his name Iesus.

32 He shalbe greate and shalbe called the sonne of the hyest. And ye lorde God shall geve vnto him the seate of his father David