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Luke 1:26

And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,

KJV

Ἐν δὲ τῷ μηνὶ τῷ ἕκτῳ ἀπεστάλη ὁ ἄγγελος Γαβριὴλ ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ εἰς πόλιν τῆς Γαλιλαίας ᾗ ὄνομα Ναζαρὲθ

Greek NT

In mense autem sexto, missus est angelus Gabriel a Deo in civitatem Galilææ, cui nomen Nazareth,

Vulgate

Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,

ASV

And in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee, called Nazareth,

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Γαβριήλ
gabriel
noun · 2×
Γαλιλαία
galilaia
noun · 62×
Ναζαρέθ
nazareth
noun · 12×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
μήν
men
noun · 19×
πόλις
polis
noun · 164×
ἀποστέλλω
apostello
verb · 131×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἄγγελος
aggelos
verb · 176×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἕκτος
ektos
adjective · 15×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὄνομα
onoma
noun · 228×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ἀπὸ | WH/Treg/NIV: ἀπὸ | RP: ὑπὸ
  • ἀπὸ — SBLGNT
  • ἀπὸ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ὑπὸ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Theophany

Historic Christian voices

11 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§332Angels have been present since creation and throughout the history of salvation, announcing this salvation from afar or near and serving the accomplishment of the divine plan: they closed the earthly paradise; protected Lot; saved Hagar and her child; stayed Abraham's hand; communicated the law by their ministry; led the People of God; announced births and callings; and assiste…
§488"God sent forth his Son", but to prepare a body for him,125 he wanted the free co-operation of a creature. For this, from all eternity God chose for the mother of his Son a daughter of Israel, a young Jewish woman of Nazareth in Galilee, "a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary":126 The Father of mercies willed th…
§497The Gospel accounts understand the virginal conception of Jesus as a divine work that surpasses all human understanding and possibility:148 "That which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit", said the angel to Joseph about Mary his fiancee.149 The Church sees here the fulfilment of the divine promise given through the prophet Isaiah: "Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bea…
…and 3 more from this source.
Proofs of the foregoing, drawn from the Gospels of Mark and Luke. 1. Luke also, the follower and disciple of the apostles, referring to Zacharias and Elisabeth, from whom, according to promise, John was born, says: And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. Luke 1:6 And again, speaking of Zacharias: And it came…

Cross-references

  • Dan 8:16 — And I heard a man’s voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.
  • John 1:45 — Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
  • John 7:41 — Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?
  • Luke 1:19 — And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings.
  • Luke 1:19 — And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings.
  • Luke 2:4 — And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)
  • Luke 2:4 — And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)
  • Matt 1:20 — But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceiv
  • Matt 2:23 — And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.