Luke 1:26 (LSB)

Passage

Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city in Galilee called Nazareth,

Nearby Context

Luke 1:24 After these days Elizabeth his wife conceived, and she kept herself in seclusion for five months, saying,

Luke 1:25 “This is the way the Lord has dealt with me in the days when He looked upon me to take away my disgrace among men.”

Luke 1:26 Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city in Galilee called Nazareth,

Luke 1:27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary.

Luke 1:28 And coming in, he said to her, “Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you.”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "sixth", "month", "angel", "gabriel", "sent", "city", and "galilee". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "sixth", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 25's "This is the way the Lord has..." into verse 27's "to a virgin betrothed to a man...", so "called" and "sixth" 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 "called" and "sixth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.