Luke 1:35 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The angel said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will be called Son of God.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Then the angel said to her, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you [like a shining cloud]; and so the holy (pure, sinless) Thing (Offspring) which shall be born of you will be called the Son of God. [Exod. 40:34; Isa. 7:14.]

American Standard Version (1901)

And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee: wherefore also the holy thing which is begotten shall be called the Son of God.

Common English Bible

The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come over you and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore, the one who is to be born will be holy. He will be called God’s Son.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And in response, the Angel said to her: "The Holy Spirit will pass over you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. And because of this also, the Holy One who will be born of you shall be called the Son of God.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And the angel answering, said to her: The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the most High shall overshadow thee. And therefore also the Holy which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

Luke 1:35 Cross References

Job 14:4

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? No one can.

Job 15:16

how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, one who drinks iniquity like water!

Job 25:4

How then can a mortal be righteous before God? How can one born of woman be pure?

Psalm 2:7

I will tell of the decree of the Lord: He said to me, “You are my son; today I have begotten you.

Psalm 51:5

Indeed, I was born guilty, a sinner when my mother conceived me.

Matthew 1:18

Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be pregnant from the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 1:20

But just when he had resolved to do this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 14:33

And those in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.”

Matthew 27:54

Now when the centurion and those with him, who were keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were terrified and said, “Truly this man was God’s Son!”

Matthew 4:3

The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.”

Mark 1:1

The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ.

Mark 1:24

and he cried out, “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One of God.”

Luke 1:27

to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.

Luke 1:34

Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I am a virgin?”

Luke 1:36

And now, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month for her who was said to be barren.

John 1:34

And I myself have seen and have testified that this is the Chosen One.”

John 1:49

Nathanael replied, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”

John 20:31

But these are written so that you may continue to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name.

Acts 8:36

As they were going along the road, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is to prevent me from being baptized?”

Romans 1:4

and was declared to be Son of God with power according to the spirit of holiness by resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,

Galatians 2:20

and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Ephesians 2:3

All of us once lived among them in the passions of our flesh, doing the will of flesh and senses, and we were by nature children of wrath, like everyone else,

Hebrews 4:15

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who in every respect has been tested as we are, yet without sin.