Luke 1:32
New International Version
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,

New Living Translation
He will be very great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David.

English Standard Version
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David,

Berean Standard Bible
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,

Berean Literal Bible
He will be great, and He will be called Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,

King James Bible
He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:

New King James Version
He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David.

New American Standard Bible
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David;

NASB 1995
“He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David;

NASB 1977
“He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David;

Legacy Standard Bible
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,

Amplified Bible
He will be great and eminent and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David;

Christian Standard Bible
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David.

American Standard Version
He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
This One will be great and he will be called The Son of The Highest and THE LORD JEHOVAH will give to him the throne of David his father,

Contemporary English Version
He will be great and will be called the Son of God Most High. The Lord God will make him king, as his ancestor David was.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the most High; and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of David his father; and he shall reign in the house of Jacob for ever.

English Revised Version
He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He will be a great man and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David.

Good News Translation
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High God. The Lord God will make him a king, as his ancestor David was,

International Standard Version
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David.

Literal Standard Version
He will be great, and He will be called Son of the Highest, and the LORD God will give Him the throne of His father David,

Majority Standard Bible
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,

New American Bible
He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father,

NET Bible
He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.

New Revised Standard Version
He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his ancestor David.

New Heart English Bible
He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father, David,

Webster's Bible Translation
He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David.

Weymouth New Testament
He will be great and He will be called 'Son of the Most High.' And the Lord God will give Him the throne of His forefather David;

World English Bible
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,

Young's Literal Translation
he shall be great, and Son of the Highest he shall be called, and the Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father,

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Context
Gabriel Foretells Jesus' Birth
31Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus. 32He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David, 33and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”…

Cross References
2 Samuel 7:12
And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.

2 Samuel 7:13
He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

Psalm 132:12
If your sons keep My covenant and the testimony I will teach them, then their sons will also sit on your throne forever and ever."

Isaiah 9:7
Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.

Jeremiah 17:25
then kings and princes will enter through the gates of this city. They will sit on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses with their officials, along with the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem, and this city will be inhabited forever.

Jeremiah 22:2
saying, 'Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, who sits on the throne of David--you and your officials and your people who enter these gates.

Jeremiah 23:5
Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.


Treasury of Scripture

He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give to him the throne of his father David:

shall be great.

Luke 1:15
For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.

Luke 3:16
John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:

Matthew 3:11
I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:

the Son.

Luke 1:35
And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

Mark 5:7
And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.

Mark 14:61
But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?

give.

2 Samuel 7:11-13
And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house…

Psalm 132:11
The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.

Isaiah 9:6,7
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace…

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Luke 1
1. The preface of Luke to his whole gospel.
5. The conception of John the Baptist;
26. and of Jesus.
39. The prophecy of Elisabeth and of Mary, concerning Jesus.
57. The nativity and circumcision of John.
67. The prophecy of Zachariah, both of Jesus,
76. and of John.














(32) Shall be called the Son of the Highest.--It is noticeable that this name applied to our Lord by the angel, appears afterwards as uttered by the demoniacs (Mark 5:7). On the history of the name, see Note on Mark 5:7.

The throne of his father David.--The words seem at first to suggest the thought that the Virgin was of the house of David, and that the title to the throne was thus derived through her. This may have been so (see Note on Luke 3:23-38), and the intermarriage which had taken place in olden times between the house of Aaron and that of David (Exodus 6:23; 2Kings 11:2) show that this might be quite consistent with the relationship to Elizabeth mentioned in Luke 1:36. On the other hand, it must be remembered that the genealogies, both in St. Matthew and St. Luke, appear, at first sight, to give the lineage of Joseph only, and therefore that, if this were, as many have believed, the Evangelist's point of view, our Lord, notwithstanding the supernatural birth, was thought of as inheriting from him. The form of the promise, which might well lead to the expectation of a revived kingdom of Israel after the manner of that of David, takes its place among the most memorable instances of prophecies that have been fulfilled in quite another fashion than those who first heard them could have imagined possible. That the Evangelist who recorded it held that it was fulfilled in the Kingdom of Heaven, the spiritual sovereignty of the Christ, is shown by the fact that he records it in the same Gospel as that which tells of the Crucifixion and Ascension. . . .

Verse 32. - The Son of the Highest. It is singular that this title, given by the angel to the yet unborn child, was the one given to the Redeemer by the evil spirit in the case of the poor possessed (see Mark 5:7). Is this the title, or one of the titles, by which our Master is known in that greater world beyond our knowledge? The throne of his father David; clearly indicating that Mary herself was of royal lineage, although this is nowhere definitely stated (see Psalm 132:11). These words of the angel are as yet unfulfilled. They clearly speak of a restoration of Israel, still, as far as we can see, very distant. Nearly nineteen centuries have passed since Gabriel spoke of a restored throne of David, of a kingdom in Jacob to which should come no end. The people, through all the changing fortune of empires, have been indeed strangely kept distinct and separate, ready for the mighty change; but the eventful hour still tarries. It has been well observed how St. Luke's report of the angel's words here could never have been a forgery - as one school of critics asserts - of the second century. Would any writer in the second century, after the failure of Jesus among the Jews was well known, when the fall of Jerusalem had already taken place, have made an angel prophesy what is expressed here?

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Greek
He
οὗτος (houtos)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it.

will be
ἔσται (estai)
Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

great
μέγας (megas)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3173: Large, great, in the widest sense.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

will be called
κληθήσεται (klēthēsetai)
Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2564: (a) I call, summon, invite, (b) I call, name. Akin to the base of keleuo; to 'call'.

[the] Son
Υἱὸς (Huios)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5207: A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.

of [the] Most High.
Ὑψίστου (Hypsistou)
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular - Superlative
Strong's 5310: Highest, most high, the heights. Superlative from the base of hupsos; highest, i.e. the Supreme, or the heavens.

The
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Lord
Κύριος (Kyrios)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.

God
Θεὸς (Theos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

will give
δώσει (dōsei)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1325: To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give.

Him
αὐτῷ (autō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

the
τὸν (ton)
Article - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

throne
θρόνον (thronon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2362: From thrao; a stately seat; by implication, power or a potentate.

of His
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

father
πατρὸς (patros)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 3962: Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'.

David,
Δαυὶδ (Dauid)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 1138: David, King of Israel. Of Hebrew origin; Dabid, the Israelite king.


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