Luke 1:37 (YLT)

Passage

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

Nearby Context

Luke 1:35 And the messenger answering said to her, `The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee, therefore also the holy-begotten thing shall be called Son of God;

Luke 1:36 and lo, Elisabeth, thy kinswoman, she also hath conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her who was called barren;

Luke 1:37 because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

Luke 1:38 And Mary said, `Lo, the maid-servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to thy saying,' and the messenger went away from her.

Luke 1:39 And Mary having arisen in those days, went to the hill-country, with haste, to a city of Judea,

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 36's "and lo Elisabeth thy kinswoman she also..." into verse 38's "And Mary said Lo the maid-servant of...", so "nothing" 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 "nothing" and "shall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.