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Luke 1:34Luke.1.34

Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?

KJV

Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Marie dit à l'ange: Comment cela se fera-t-il, puisque je ne connais point d'homme?

KJV

Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?

Patristic reading

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  • Gregory of Nazianzus

    Christus Patiens [Dub.] (Fort. Auctore Constantino Manasse)

    ν γὰρ ἄξια 1022 Med. 251 sq. 1024 Med. 253. 1025 Hipp. 61, 1434. 1026 Med. 576. 1030 Med. 1005. 1031 Luc. 1,34. 1032 Bacch. 326, 328. 1034 Troad. 468. 1035 Med. 998. 1036—38 Med. 997. 1039 sq. Troad. 469 sq. 1022 τρεῖς ΑΒ. 1024 αὐτὸς omnes et Eur. libri, αὑτὸς de. Cf. 2368. 1025…
  • Theodulf of Orleans

    Concerning the Holy Spirit

    e replied: "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you" (Luke 1:34). The Lord himself, promising the Holy Spirit to his disciples, said: "But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high" (Luke 24:49), and again, "You…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    aring of so great a mystery, began by praising her. Reply to Objection 2: Ambrose says explicitly on Lk. 1:34, that the Blessed Virgin did not doubt the angel's words. For he says: "Mary's answer is more temperate than the words of the priest. She says: How shall this be? He repl…

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