Theory question 105
Birth and Early Life of JesusSection B (Themes from the Four Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles)
(a) Give an account of Mary's encounter with Angel Gabriel.
(b) State two significant points in Mary's reply to the angel's announcement
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(a) In the sixth month Gabriel was sent to Nazareth to a virgin named Mary, betrothed to Joseph of the house of David (Luke 1:26-27).
He said, "Hail, O favoured one, the Lord is with you!"; she was troubled (Luke 1:28-29).
He said, "Do not be afraid, Mary… you will conceive and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus" (Luke 1:30-31).
He will be great, the Son of the Most High, and reign over Jacob's house for ever (Luke 1:32-33).
Mary asked, "How shall this be, since I have no husband?" (Luke 1:34).
The Holy Spirit would come upon her; the child would be called holy, the Son of God (Luke 1:35).
Her kinswoman Elizabeth had conceived in old age, for with God nothing is impossible (Luke 1:36-37).
Mary said, "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word"; the angel departed (Luke 1:38).
(b) Any two: humility — she called herself the Lord's handmaid; obedience and submission to God's will; faith in God's word; purity — she asked how, since she had no husband; readiness to serve God whatever the cost.
Narrate Luke 1:26-38, then two points.