Luke 1:38 (DBY)

Passage

And Mary said, Behold the bondmaid of [the] Lord; be it to me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

Nearby Context

Luke 1:36 And behold, Elizabeth, thy kinswoman, she also has conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her that was called barren:

Luke 1:37 for nothing shall be impossible with God.

Luke 1:38 And Mary said, Behold the bondmaid of [the] Lord; be it to me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

Luke 1:39 And Mary, rising up in those days, went into the hill country with haste, to a city of Judah,

Luke 1:40 and entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elizabeth.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "mary", "said", "behold", "bondmaid", "lord", "word", "angel", and "departed". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "mary" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 37's "for nothing shall be impossible with God..." into verse 39's "And Mary rising up in those days...", so "mary" 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 "mary" and "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.