Bible Strands
Luke 1:31
Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.
Berean Standard Bible
Follow its threads on the canvas →
Study note
Setting — The angel Gabriel speaks to Mary, immediately after reassuring her and declaring that she has found favor with God. This is the core announcement of her conception.
The words — ἰδοὺ (idou, "behold") marks a divine declaration, not a suggestion. συλλήμψῃ (sullēmpsē, "you will conceive") is a future indicative — God states what will happen rather than asking what she will do.
The thread — Isaiah 7:14 supplies the prophetic template (virgin conceiving and bearing a son), and Matthew 1:21 repeats the naming command with its stated purpose.
Why it lands — The name is assigned before the child exists; identity precedes the event. The reader is asked to hold that God's plan is announced as a settled matter to a young woman in a small town.
Drafted by a language model from the text, its original words and its cross-references, then checked against them. It can still be wrong: open the verse in the app to report it.
The Greek words
King James Version
And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.
- Matthew 1:21 She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”
- Matthew 1:25 But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a Son. And he gave Him the name Jesus.
- Matthew 1:23 “Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”).
- Luke 2:21 When the eight days before His circumcision had passed, He was named Jesus, the name the angel had given Him before He was conceived.
- Galatians 4:4 But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
- Luke 1:13 But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.
- Luke 1:27 to a virgin pledged in marriage to a man named Joseph, who was of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary.