Luke 1:30 (DBY)

Passage

And the angel said to her, Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favour with God;

Nearby Context

Luke 1:28 And the angel came in to her, and said, Hail, [thou] favoured one! the Lord [is] with thee: [blessed art *thou* amongst women].

Luke 1:29 But she, [seeing] [the angel], was troubled at his word, and reasoned in her mind what this salutation might be.

Luke 1:30 And the angel said to her, Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favour with God;

Luke 1:31 and behold, thou shalt conceive in the womb and bear a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus.

Luke 1:32 *He* shall be great, and shall be called Son of [the] Highest; and [the] Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "angel", "said", "fear", "mary", "thou", "hast", "found", and "favour". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "angel" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 29's "But she seeing the angel was troubled..." into verse 31's "and behold thou shalt conceive in the...", so "angel" and "said" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "angel" and "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.