Luke 1:38 (YLT)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

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,

Luke 1:40 and entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "mary", "said", "maid-servant", "lord", "saying", "messenger", "went", and "away". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "mary" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 37's "because nothing shall be impossible with God..." into verse 39's "And Mary having arisen in those days...", so "mary" 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 "mary" and "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.