Mary ¹  said to the angel, “How will this be, since I have not had sexual relations with ²  a man?”

biblegateway Luk 1:34

Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, since I am a virgin?"

Mary asked the angel, "How can this be, since I have not been intimate with a man?"

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

biblegateway Luk 1:34

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

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

bibleoremus Luk 1:34

Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, since I am a virgin?"

“How can this be?” said Mary. “I am still a virgin.”

biblegateway Luk 1:34

Then Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, since I do not know a man?"

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

biblegateway Luk 1:34

Mary ¹  said to the angel, “How will this be, since I have not had sexual relations with ²  a man?”

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

² tn 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.