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Luk_1:26-27. Τῷ ἕκτῳ ] see Luk_1:24.
Ναζαρέτ ] According to Matthew, Bethlehem was the dwelling-place of Joseph and Mary. See on Mat_2:23, Remark, and Schleiermacher, L. J. p. 51 ff.
ἐξ οἴκου Δαυίδ ] applies not to Mary and Joseph (Chrysostom, Theophylact, Euthymius Zigabenus, Beza, Calovius, and others, including Wieseler in the Stud. u. Krit. 1845, p. 395), but merely to the latter, Luk_2:4, Luk_3:23 ff. The descent of Mary from David cannot at all be proved in the N. T. See on Mat_1:17, Remark 2. Comp. on Luk_1:36; Luk_2:4 f.