34 And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I have not had sexual relations with a man?” 35 And the angel answered and[a] said to her,

“The Holy Spirit will come upon you,
    and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.
Therefore also the one to be born will be called holy, the Son of God.

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

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  1. Luke 1:35 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb

34 “How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”

35 The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you,(A) and the power of the Most High(B) will overshadow you. So the holy one(C) to be born will be called[a] the Son of God.(D) 36 Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child(E) in her old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month.

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  1. Luke 1:35 Or So the child to be born will be called holy,