ESV Reformation Study Bible – Luke 1:34
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Luke 1:34

1:34 Mary perceived that the angel was not talking about the children she would have in the course of her marriage to Joseph. She understood the angel to mean something miraculous—birth without a human father. The virgin conception is a distinctively Christian idea. Greek parallels sometimes cited relate stories of gods having sexual intercourse with women.