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Luke第1章:26-38 : The Annunciation to Mary

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26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,

27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.

28 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.

29 And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.

30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.

31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.

32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:

33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.

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

35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

36 And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.

37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.

38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

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Canons of the New Church#17

  
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17. CHAPTER IV. THE "HOLY SPIRIT" WHICH CAME UPON MARY SIGNIFIES THE DIVINE TRUTH, AND THE "POWER OF THE HIGHEST" WHICH OVERSHADOWED HER SIGNIFIES THE DIVINE GOOD FROM WHICH THE FORMER IS

1. The Holy Spirit is the Divine going forth, thus the Divine Truth teaching, reforming, regenerating, and making alive.

2. This is the Divine Truth, which Jehovah God spoke through the prophets, and which the Lord Himself spoke from His own mouth when He was in the world.

3. This Divine Truth, which also is "the Word", was in the Lord from His birth as a result of His conception. Afterwards it was increased beyond all measure, that is, infinitely, and this is meant by the Spirit of Jehovah having been put upon Him. [Isa. 42:1; Matt. 3:16.]

4. The Spirit of Jehovah is called the Holy Spirit inasmuch as "holy" in the Word is said of Divine Truth. It is because of this that the Lord's human born in Mary is said to be "Holy" (Luke 1); and the Lord Himself is said to be the "Only Holy" (Rev. 15:4); and that others are said to be holy, not from themselves, but from Him.

5. In the Word, Divine Good is termed "the Highest"; and so the "Power of the Highest" [Luke 1:35] signifies Power proceeding from Divine Good.

6. These two things, therefore, "the Holy Spirit coming upon" and "the power of the Highest overshadowing" signify both, namely, Divine Truth and Divine Good-the latter making the soul and the former the body-and their being communicated.

7. Consequently, in the Lord when newly-born those two were distinct, as soul and body are, but afterwards they were united.

8. In the same way as takes place in a man, who is born and afterwards regenerated.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.