Passage
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,
Luke 1:32 (LSB)
Nearby Context
Luke 1:30 And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
Luke 1:31 And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name Him Jesus.
Luke 1:32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,
Luke 1:33 and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and there will be no end of His kingdom.”
Luke 1:34 But Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin?”
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "called", "great", "most", "high", "lord", "give", "throne", and "father". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "great", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 31's "And behold you will conceive in your..." into verse 33's "and He will reign over the house...", so "called" and "great" 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 "great" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.