Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
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Gill's Exposition
Then said Mary to the angel, how shall this be,.... This she said not as doubting the truth of what was said; for she required no sign, as Zacharias did; nor is she charged with, and blamed for…
Adam Clarke
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…
We have here notice given us of all that it was fit we should know concerning the incarnation and conception of our blessed Saviour, six months after the conception of John. The same angel, Gabriel,…
Cambridge Bible
How shall this be?] Mary does not doubt the fact as Zacharias had done; she only enquires as to the modeof accomplishment. The village maiden amid her humble daily duties shews a more ready faith in a…