Gabriel announces a child; incarnation begins in hiddenness, not spectacle (Luke 1:31). Answer God’s initiative with courageous consent—honor the call in embodied, ordinary choices.

The setting is Luke—gospel narrative, developing conceive son. Read in Luke 1, its force becomes clearer. Listen for “behold” alongside “conceive”.

Early sources associate Luke with Luke the physician (companion of Paul). Critical study of Luke often concludes: Anonymous; author also wrote Acts; polished Greek historian‑theologian.. Scholars commonly date Luke AD 80–90. Luke addresses Broader Greco‑Roman audience.. Mercy and meals mark messianic mission. A careful historian-theologian frames a universal horizon.