The ¹  angel ²  came ³  to her and said, “Greetings, favored one, ⁴  the Lord is with you!” ⁵ 

biblegateway Luk 1:28

And coming in, he said to her, "Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you."

And the angel came to her and said, "Rejoice, favored woman! The Lord is with you."

And he came to her [and] said, "Greetings, favored one! The Lord [is] with you.

biblegateway Luk 1:28

The angel went to her and said, "Greetings, you who are highly favoured! The Lord is with you."

And he came to her and said, "Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!"

bibleoremus Luk 1:28

And he came to her and said, "Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you."

The angel went in and said to her, “Greetings, most favoured one! The Lord is with you.”

biblegateway Luk 1:28

And having come in, the angel said to her, "Rejoice, highly favored one , the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women!"

And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, [thou that art] highly favoured, the Lord [is] with thee: blessed [art] thou among women.

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The ¹  angel ²  came ³  to her and said, “Greetings, favored one, ⁴  the Lord is with you!” ⁵ 

¹ tn Grk “And coming to her.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

² tn Grk “And coming to her, he said”; the referent (the angel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Grk “coming to her, he said.” The participle εἰσελθών (eiselqwn) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

⁴ tn The address, “favored one” (a perfect participle, Grk “Oh one who is favored”) points to Mary as the recipient of God’s grace, not a bestower of it. She is a model saint in this passage, one who willingly receives God’s benefits. The Vulgate rendering “full of grace” suggests something more of Mary as a bestower of grace, but does not make sense here contextually.

⁵ tc Most mss (A C D Θ Ë¹³ 33 Ï latt sy) read here εὐλογημένη σὺ ἐν γυναιξίν (euloghmenh su en gunaixin, “blessed are you among women”) which also appears in 1:42 (where it is textually certain). This has the earmarks of a scribal addition for balance; the shorter reading, attested by the most important witnesses and several others (א B L W Ψ Ë¹ 565 579 700 1241 pc co), is thus preferred.