Luke 1:35 (KJV)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

Luke 1:33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.

Luke 1:34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?

Luke 1:35 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.

Luke 1:36 And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.

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

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "angel", "answered", "said", "holy", "ghost", "shall", and "come". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "angel", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 34's "Then said Mary unto the angel How..." into verse 36's "And behold thy cousin Elisabeth she hath...", so "called" and "angel" 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 "angel" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.