Luke 1:32 (YLT)

Passage

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,

Nearby Context

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,

Luke 1:33 and he shall reign over the house of Jacob to the ages; and of his reign there shall be no end.'

Luke 1:34 And Mary said unto the messenger, `How shall this be, seeing a husband I do not know?'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "shall", "great", "highest", "lord", and "give". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "shall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 31's "and lo thou shalt conceive in the..." into verse 33's "and he shall reign over the house...", so "called" and "shall" 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 "shall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.