Just how astonishing would it be to the Jews that their Messiah would be born to a woman from Nazareth in Galilee? Alfred Edersheim explains: Once she got over the shock of the angel’s message, she humbly submitted herself to her God-given mission-bearing and raising the Messiah. We do know that whatever she might have thought her life would be like, that dramatically changed when Gabriel appeared to her. But we don’t know anything about her parents, what her interests might have been, what she enjoyed doing, what her hopes and dreams might have been. We know that she had lived, up to this point, a pretty virtuous life, good enough that the angel addressed her as “highly favored” (Luke 1:28). We know she was engaged to Joseph who was a descendent of David ( Luke 1:27). We know she lived in Nazareth, a town in Galilee (Luke 1:26).
“” Mary was the mother of Jesus, who is called the Messiah“
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