“And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.”
King James Version (KJV)
1:28 Hail, thou highly favoured; the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women - Hail is the salutation used by our Lord to the women after his resurrection: thou art highly favoured, or hast found favour with God, #Lu 1:30|, is no more than was said of Noah, Moses, and David. The Lord is with thee, was said to Gideon, #Jud 6:12|; and blessed shall she be above women, of Jael, #Jud 5:24|. This salutation gives no room for any pretence of paying adoration to the virgin; as having no appearance of a prayer, or of worship offered to her.
1:32 He shall be called the Son of the Highest - In this respect also: and that in a more eminent sense than any, either man or angel, can be called so. The Lord shall give him the throne of his father David - That is, the spiritual kingdom, of which David's was a type.
Lu 1:30-33 Fear not. In the angel's message we have, (1) An assurance, "Fear not". (2) A promise, "Thou shalt bring forth a son" (Lu 1:31). (3) A command, "Thou shalt call his name JESUS" (Lu 1:31). (4) A prophecy, "He shall be great, the Son of the Highest, sit on David's throne, reign forever" (Lu 1:32).