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Luke 1:34

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1:34Mary110 said to the angel, “How will this be, since I have not had sexual relations with111 a man?”

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Footnotes

  1. 110 Grk “And Mary.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
  2. 111 Grk “have not known.” The expression in the Greek text is a euphemism for sexual relations. Mary seems to have sensed that the declaration had an element of immediacy to it that excluded Joseph. Many modern translations render this phrase “since I am a virgin,” but the Greek word for virgin is not used in the text, and the euphemistic expression is really more explicit, referring specifically to sexual relations.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin?”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Mary asked the angel, “How can this be, since I have not had sexual relations with a man?”

NLTNew Living Translation

Mary asked the angel, “But how can this happen? I am a virgin.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I have not had sexual relations with a man?”

KJV 1900King James Version

Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?