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The exile and the return
Babylon burned the temple and carried Judah into exile, apparently ending the line of David. Jeremiah had promised that after seventy years God would bring the people back, and the decree of Cyrus of Persia opened the way home and the rebuilding of the temple.
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Mary visits Elizabeth
Mary hurried to the hill country to her relative Elizabeth, who was six months pregnant with John. At Mary's greeting the child leaped in Elizabeth's womb, Elizabeth blessed Mary and her child, and Mary sang the song of praise known as the Magnificat.
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Gabriel
Gabriel is the angel who explains visions to Daniel and who, in Luke, announces the births of John to Zechariah in the temple and of Jesus to Mary in Nazareth. He describes himself as one who stands in the presence of God and is sent to bring good news.
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Mary, mother of Jesus
Mary was a young woman of Nazareth, betrothed to Joseph, who received the angel Gabriel's announcement that she would conceive a son by the Holy Spirit and name Him Jesus. Luke records her consent and her song of praise; John places her at the cross.
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Nazareth
Nazareth was a small village in Lower Galilee where Jesus grew up, which is why He is called Jesus of Nazareth. Luke records the annunciation to Mary there and Jesus's later rejection in its synagogue.
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Promise and fulfillment
Promise and fulfillment is the pattern by which the New Testament reads the Old: God speaks in advance through prophets, patterns, and covenants, and the Gospels show those words coming true in Jesus. FaithGraph labels each such link by the kind of evidence behind it.
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The Kingdom of God
The Kingdom of God is God's active reign, promised through Israel's prophets and announced by Jesus as having come near in Himself. Jesus taught its character in parables, displayed it in healings, and said it would grow until His return.
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Connections around The annunciation to Mary
The exile and the return precedes The annunciation to Mary
Historical inferenceHigh confidenceMatthew's genealogy counts fourteen generations from the exile to the Christ, and Luke sets the announcements in the days of Herod, centuries after the return.
Evidence:The annunciation to Mary precedes Mary visits Elizabeth
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceMary sets out for the hill country in the days after the angel leaves her.
Evidence:Gabriel participates in The annunciation to Mary
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceLuke names Gabriel as the angel God sent to Nazareth.
Evidence:Mary, mother of Jesus participates in The annunciation to Mary
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe announcement is made to Mary, and she answers as the Lord's servant.
Evidence:The annunciation to Mary occurs at Nazareth
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceLuke places the visit in the Galilean town of Nazareth.
Evidence:The annunciation to Mary develops the theme Promise and fulfillment
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceGabriel's words apply the promise of David's throne to the child Mary will bear.
Evidence:The annunciation to Mary develops the theme The Kingdom of God
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe child's kingdom will never end.
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