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Selected Verse: Luke 1:34 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Lu 1:34	Strong Concordance	Then [1161] said [2036] Mary [3137] unto [4314] the angel [32], How [4459] shall [2071] this [5124] be [2071], seeing [1893] I know [1097] not [3756] a man [435]?
	King James	Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
How, &c.--not the unbelief of Zacharias, "Whereby shall I know this?" but, taking the fact for granted, "How is it to be, so contrary to the unbroken law of human birth?" Instead of reproof, therefore, her question is answered in mysterious detail.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

How, &c.--not the unbelief of Zacharias, "Whereby shall I know this?" but, taking the fact for granted, "How is it to be, so contrary to the unbroken law of human birth?" Instead of reproof, therefore, her question is answered in mysterious detail.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Seeing I know not a man - Or, husband. As she was only contracted to Joseph, and not as yet married, she knew that this conception could not have yet taken place; and she modestly inquires by what means the promise of the angel is to be fulfilled in order to regulate her conduct accordingly.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

Seeing I know not a man - Or, husband. As she was only contracted to Joseph, and not as yet married, she knew that this conception could not have yet taken place; and she modestly inquires by what means the promise of the angel is to be fulfilled in order to regulate her conduct accordingly.

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