Luke 1:26-38
Luke: So that’s how John came to be born from elderly parents.
Mary: Well, Elizabeth and Zachariah weren’t exactly elderly. Priests have to stop doing active service in the temple at age 50. So, this would have been his last year where he would be privileged to serve.
Luke: I see.
Mary: And poor Elizabeth. She never had a child in all her years, until the angel announced that she would bare a son… and at her age!
Luke: Age 50, that’s old enough to be past childbearing years. But you were telling me there was more to their story.
Mary: Right. There is more to Elizabeth’s story, but here’s where Jesus enters the picture as well.
Luke: Now let me see if I have this right… I want to write this down for my friend, Theophilus…
Mary: I was living about a 4- or 5-day journey away, over in Nazareth, when that same angel came to me…
(fades out)
(Luke continues, fades in speaking as if writing his letter.)
In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said,
Gabriel: “Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!”
Luke: But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be. And the angel said to her,
Gabriel: “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Highest. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”
Luke: And Mary said to the angel,
Mary: “How will this be, since I am a virgin?”
Luke: And the angel answered her,
Gabriel: “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, the child to be born will be called holy — the Son of God. And behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. For nothing will be impossible with God.”
Luke: And Mary said,
Mary: “Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.”
Luke: And the angel departed from her.
(fade out)
Scriptts in the Luke audio drama series are property of Life Truth, copyright 2019, updated at the date of reposting by Life Truth. “Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), Copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.”Credit
Written permission is required from the author for use in print, digital or audio formats.