Luke 1:37 (WEB)

Passage

For nothing spoken by God is impossible.”

Nearby Context

Luke 1:35 The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.

Luke 1:36 Behold, Elizabeth, your relative, also has conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.

Luke 1:37 For nothing spoken by God is impossible.”

Luke 1:38 Mary said, “Behold, the servant of the Lord; let it be done to me according to your word.” The angel departed from her.

Luke 1:39 Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "nothing", "spoken", and "impossible". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "nothing" and "spoken", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 36's "Behold Elizabeth your relative also has conceived..." into verse 38's "Mary said Behold the servant of the...", so "nothing" and "spoken" 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 "nothing" and "spoken" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.