Luke 1:30 (YLT)

Passage

And the messenger said to her, `Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favour with God;

Nearby Context

Luke 1:28 And the messenger having come in unto her, said, `Hail, favoured one, the Lord <FI>is<Fi> with thee; blessed <FI>art<Fi> thou among women;'

Luke 1:29 and she, having seen, was troubled at his word, and was reasoning of what kind this salutation may be.

Luke 1:30 And the messenger said to her, `Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favour with God;

Luke 1:31 and lo, thou shalt conceive in the womb, and shalt bring forth a son, and call his name Jesus;

Luke 1:32 he shall be great, and Son of the Highest he shall be called, and the Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "messenger", "said", "fear", "mary", "thou", "hast", "found", and "favour". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "messenger" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 29's "and she having seen was troubled at..." into verse 31's "and lo thou shalt conceive in the...", so "messenger" 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 "messenger" and "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.